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Synonyms

goes

1 American  
[gohz] / goʊz /

verb

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative of go.

noun

  1. plural of go.

Goes 2 American  
[goos] / gus /

noun

  1. Hugo van der c1440–82, Flemish painter.

GOES 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

Goes British  
/ ɡuːs /

noun

  1. Hugo van der. ?1440–82, Flemish painter: works include the Pontinari Altarpiece and The Death of a Virgin

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Example Sentences

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Records suggest the mocking goes back at least 100 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

As financial educator Mari Adam told me: “My experience is that overspending is always the most dangerous. If money goes out, it’s out.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The first thing that popped into my mind was Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” and the connection goes beyond temptation and ingestion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Your support often goes unseen, but it has never gone unappreciated.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“Now, Mama,” I cried, “there she goes again, and you won’t say a word to her. You better make her stop. If I laughed at her, you’d jump all over me.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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