What part of speech is go?

Go can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. go is a verb, present, 1st person singular of go (infinitive).
  • 2. go is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. go is a noun, singular of gos / goes.
  • 4. go is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

  • Infinitive: (to) go 
  • Present: go  / goes 
  • Simple Past: went 
  • Past Participle: (have) gone 
  • Gerund: going 

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive: go 
  • Comparative: goer 
  • Superlative: goest 

What does go mean?

Definitions

Adjective
go - functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go"

Verb
go - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
go - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
go - pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call"
go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
go - be spent; "All my money went for food and rent"
go - be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
go - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
go - be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
go - be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
go - be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
go - be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"

Noun
go - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
go - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
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Examples of go

#   Sentence  
1. noun It's my go.
2. noun Now, NASA engineers and astronauts are almost giddy with "go" fever as the tentative date for the first launch since the Columbia disaster approaches.
3. noun The same demons that made captain Smith say "Not even God can sink my ship" spoke from antichrist John Lennon (from Liverpool, base port to the Titanic) saying: "Christianity is on the go.
4. noun They phoned the same day, confirmed it was the gearbox quoted me the job, I gave the go ahead.
5. verb Go away before I start to cry.
6. verb We should go farther in this matter.
7. verb Go about the world in a certain manner.
8. verb Messages must go through diplomatic channels.
9. verb These ugly billboards have to go!
10. verb These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
11. verb This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go.
12. verb How does this song go again?
13. verb How many times does 18 go into 54?
14. verb And there is nothing we can do about it really, people who are suggesting that we go out and fight them are living in dream land.
15. verb Bush asked for permission to go to Alabama to work on a Senate campaign.
16. verb Then, in 1973, as Bush made plans to leave the Guard and go to Harvard Business School, he again started showing up frequently.
17. verb Then, at his request, he was given permission to go.
18. verb He was always ready to go out on the road.
19. verb GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator.
20. adj. All systems are go.
Sentence  
noun
It's my go.
Now, NASA engineers and astronauts are almost giddy with "go" fever as the tentative date for the first launch since the Columbia disaster approaches.
The same demons that made captain Smith say "Not even God can sink my ship" spoke from antichrist John Lennon (from Liverpool, base port to the Titanic) saying: "Christianity is on the go.
They phoned the same day, confirmed it was the gearbox quoted me the job, I gave the go ahead.
verb
Go away before I start to cry.
We should go farther in this matter.
Go about the world in a certain manner.
Messages must go through diplomatic channels.
These ugly billboards have to go!
These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go.
How does this song go again?
How many times does 18 go into 54?
And there is nothing we can do about it really, people who are suggesting that we go out and fight them are living in dream land.
Bush asked for permission to go to Alabama to work on a Senate campaign.
Then, in 1973, as Bush made plans to leave the Guard and go to Harvard Business School, he again started showing up frequently.
Then, at his request, he was given permission to go.
He was always ready to go out on the road.
GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator.
adj.
All systems are go.
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