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Idioms about go

Origin of go

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English gon, Old English gān; cognate with Old High German gēn, German gehen

Other definitions for go (2 of 3)

go2
[ goh ]
/ goʊ /

noun
a Japanese game for two persons, played on a board having 361 intersections on which black and white stones or counters are alternately placed, the object being to block off and capture the opponent's stones and control the larger part of the board.
Also called I-go [ee-goh] /ˈiˈgoʊ/ .

Origin of go

2
First recorded in 1840–50; from Japanese, shortening of earlier igo, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wéi qí “encirclement board game”

Other definitions for go (3 of 3)

G.O.

or g.o.


abbreviation
general office.
general order.
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How to use go in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for go (1 of 3)

go1
/ (ɡəʊ) /

verb goes, going, went or gone (mainly intr)
noun plural goes
adjective
(postpositive) informal functioning properly and ready for action: esp used in astronauticsall systems are go
See also go about, go against, go ahead, go along, go around, go at, go away, go back, go by, go down, go for, go forth, go in, going, go into, gone, go off, go on, go out, go over, go through, go to, go together, go under, go up, go with, go without

Word Origin for go

Old English gān; related to Old High German gēn, Greek kikhanein to reach, Sanskrit jahāti he forsakes

British Dictionary definitions for go (2 of 3)

go2

I-go

/ (ɡəʊ) /

noun
a game for two players in which stones are placed on a board marked with a grid, the object being to capture territory on the board

Word Origin for go

from Japanese

British Dictionary definitions for go (3 of 3)

GO
/ military /

abbreviation for
general order
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