go
verb (FUTURE TIME) /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
be going to do/be sth A2 to intend to do or be something in the future: Are you going to go to Claire's party? He wants me to mend his shirt for him, but I'm not going to! I'm going to be a famous pop star when I'm older.In the future and soon A2 to be certain or expected to happen in the future: They're going to have a baby in the spring. There's going to be trouble when Paul finds out about this. The forecast said it was going to be hot and sunny tomorrow.In the future and soon
(Definition of go verb (FUTURE TIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- all in good time idiom
- anon adverb
- ASAP
- away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- due adjective (EXPECTED)
- future adjective
- future noun (TIME TO COME)
- futuristic adjective
- gonna
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- posterity noun
- presently adverb (SOON)
- shortly adverb
- someday adverb
- sometime adverb
- space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
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