go
verb [I] (OPERATE) /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
C2 to operate (in the right way): Have you any idea why this watch won't go? Can you help me get my car going? Our company has been going (= has been in business) for 20 years.FunctioningPerforming a function
(Definition of go verb (OPERATE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- actuate verb
- asthmatically adverb
- engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)
- faulty adjective
- function as sth/sb phrasal verb
- function verb
- functionally adverb (WORK)
- operation noun (WORK)
- operational adjective
- operative adjective
- order noun (STATE)
- pack up phrasal verb
- peg out phrasal verb
- perform verb (DO)
- play up phrasal verb (MACHINE)
- right adjective (HEALTHY)
- roll verb (MOVE)
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