“goeth” is a form of
go
/ɡəʊ/ verb, noun, adjective, proper noun
Forms goes going went goed gone yode goest wentest goeth goand gan
- verb (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.) “Why don’t you go with us?”
- verb (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.) “Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.”
- verb (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.). “For the best definitions, go to wiktionary.org”
- verb To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion). “We've only gone twenty miles today.”
- verb (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving. “We went swimming.”
- verb (intransitive) To leave; to move away. “Please don't go!”
- verb To follow or proceed according to (a course or path). “Let's go this way for a while.”
- verb To travel or pass along. “We went the full length of the promenade before we found a place to sit down.”
- noun (uncommon) The act of going.
- noun A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game). “You’ve been on that pinball machine long enough—now let your brother have a go.”
- noun An attempt, a try. “I’ll give it a go.”
- noun A period of activity. “ate it all in one go”
- noun A time; an experience.
- noun (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
- noun An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved. “We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.”
- noun An act; the working or operation.
- adjective (postpositive, chiefly military and space flight) Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.
- noun (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- proper noun (computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.
Synonyms
move fare tread draw drift wend cross depart leave exit go away go out function work operate run make one's move take one’s turn become get spell tour turn Adam ecstasy XTC disco biscuit cristal X hug drug
Antonyms
freeze halt remain stand still stay stop come arrive approach hold clash no-go
Etymology
From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”).
The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”).
Cognate with Scots gae, gan, gang, ging, gyang (“to go”), Yola go, goe, goeth, gow (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Alemannic German gaa, go (“to go, walk, step”), Bavarian geh (“to go”), Cimbrian ghéenan, gian (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Dutch Low Saxon gan, gaon (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), German Low German gahn (“to go”), Limburgish gaon, goëne (“to go”), Luxembourgish goen (“to go”), Vilamovian gejn, gyjn (“to go”), Yiddish גיין (geyn, “to go, walk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gå (“to go, walk”), Crimean Gothic geen (“to go”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan, “to go”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to shun, avoid, lay aside”).
From Japanese 碁(ご) (go), shorter variant of Japanese 囲碁(いご) (igo), from Chinese 圍棋 /围棋 (wéiqí, literally “encirclement board game”).
From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.
Webster’s 1913
- Gone. Chaucer.
- verb To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proced; to advance; to make progress; --used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
- verb To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
- verb To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in. They to go equal shares in the booty. L'Estrange.
Etymology [OE. gan, gon, AS. gan, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g, gan, SW. ga, Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. ha to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. sq. root47a. Cf. Gang, v. i., Wend.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “go”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details