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Definition: Go In |
Go InVerb1. To come or go into: "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Go InSynonyms: come in (v), enter (v), get in (v), get into (v), go into (v), move into (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: exit (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ingress | Verb: have the entree; enter; go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in; set foot on; ingress; burst in upon, break in upon; invade, intrude; insinuate itself; interpenetrate, penetrate; infiltrate; find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into. |
Precession | Verb: go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip; take precedence; (first in order). |
Pursuit | Tread a path; take a course, hold- a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby. |
Resolution | Buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon. |
Sequence | Attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Go In |
| English words defined with "go in": blow, body English, break up ♦ cab, Cahoot ♦ dispel, disperse, dissipate ♦ eight ball ♦ give, go after ♦ hack, head ♦ lead, lieu ♦ place, position, pursue ♦ quest after, quest for ♦ scatter, stead ♦ taxi, taxicab, To go ahead, To go for, To go in for, To walk. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "go in": Alasnam ♦ Bath ♦ Dumachus ♦ Faye ♦ Howard's on the phone! ♦ phacker ♦ RapidCAD ♦ shank the ball ♦ tail-track system ♦ Wild Women. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "go in": Introgression. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | First, we go in there and get wrecked, then we eat a pork pie, then we drop some Surmontil-50's each. (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.) You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right? (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) But I wouldn't go in there if I were you. (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) You go in slowly on the left (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) But, in order to keep from damaging the eye sockets, they've got to go in through the rectum. (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) | |
Lyrics | I'm gonna let you go in style (Smile; performing artist: Lonestar) You go in shadows (Fade Into You; performing artist: Mazzy Star) Here I go in to new days (I Disappear; performing artist: Metallica) You and me, we go in style (Cracklin' Rosie; performing artist: Neil Diamond) I've got to go in the place to be (I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN; performing artist: Samantha Fox) | |
Clever | Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Miles to Go In Deep (1999) Don't Go In the Woods (1982) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Comparison between tent camps and trailer camps An overnight innovation - trailers became the only way to go in 1935 Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Detention pen--on roof of main building, Ellis Island, where emigrants held for deportation may go in fine weather. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Coal miner waiting for car to go in on next trip, Maidsville, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Crowd of men in Taftville, Connecticut, waiting on the three o'clock shift to go in at the mill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Jackson | Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. |
Emily Dickinson | Let us go in; the fog is rising. |
Francis Bacon | Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. |
John Paul Jones | I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | If it be not inconvenient to you, pray let us go in, that I may prove myself to belong to the place, to be a true citizen of Highbury. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was broad sunlight when he fell asleep, with that frightful, heavy slumber in which the ideas come and go in the brain. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | First I take an axe and pail and go in search of water, if that be not a dream. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Like recipes, genes provide instructions about how to make something, indicating what ingredients go in and in what order. (references) | |
The membrane surrounds the cell and acts as a barrier that selects which substances can go in and out of it. After it is made, APP becomes embedded in the nerve cell's membrane, partly inside and partly outside, like a toothpick stuck in an orange. (references) | ||
Economic History | Guatemala | Although U.S. companies are largely free from the infighting between the Government and the local business elite, the Government of Guatemala has a long way to go in order to make Guatemala business and investment friendly. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Joan Rivers | I'm sure he's a wonderful guest. I'm sure he's full of charm when he wants to be. And I have stories, I'm not going to go in it, that he's done terrible things to people that can't answer him back. Not my boy. |
Mary Tyler Moore | You bet. And if you have got some bleeds and your doctor feels that it is time to do something about it, you go in and you get a laser treatment, and it is not the end of the world. It's quite easy to take. |
Tim McGraw | Well, in some circles. You know, in some circles. But, you know, there's a lot of circles, you know, I can go in the ball parks and stuff and that's the first thing everybody wants to talk about. And that's fine with me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "go in": go in and out ♦ go in awe of ♦ go in for ♦ go in for an examination ♦ go in for games ♦ go in for skiing ♦ go in for sport ♦ go in for teaching ♦ go in for the law ♦ go in front ♦ go in procession ♦ go in rags ♦ go in search of ♦ go in search of smth. ♦ go in with ♦ he has no go in him ♦ not to go in ♦ To go in ♦ To go in and out ♦ To go in for ♦ To go in to ♦ to go in unto. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "go in"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hyj (come, come in, enter, get in, go, penetrate, perform, shrink, soak, turn in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تفضل بالدخول (get in), إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out), ألحق ب (catch up on, join, overtake), دخل (come in, enter, extract, get in, income, march, move in, proceeds, revenue, roll, run, sink, step inside, take, taking, turn in, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скрива се, влизам (bob in, come in, enter, get in, get into, go, hive, incur, inure, pass in, pass into, pull in, put in, step in, turn in, walk in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 進去 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vstoupit (come in, enter, get in, go into, walk in, walk into), vejít (enter, get in, go into, pass in, walk in), schovat se za mraky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | indtaste (enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ingaan (begin, commence, enter, perform, start), binnenlopen (enter, perform), binnengaan (access, accession, admission, admittance, enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | eniri (enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | fara inn (enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mahtua (have room), käydä sisälle (enter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | entrer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hineingehen (enter, to go inside), eintreten (advocacy, come, come in, enlist, enter, enter upon, espousal, espouse, eventuate, eventuation, fall, join, kick down, kick in, occur, perform, set in, step in, to eventuate, to tread in, to tread into, tread in, wear in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μπαίνω (come in, come into, enter, get in, get into, go into, pass in, pull in, set foot in, slip into), πάω μέσα, εισέρχομαι (come in, enter, entrain, get in, go into). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | hyj (enter, perform), aderoj (associate, come together, enter, join, perform, pool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"כ ס (come in, enter, get in, step in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elbújik (hid, hidden, to abscond, to go home to one's woods, to hide), bemegy (to enter, to get in, to go in, to go into, to go within, to make hay of sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | masuk (enter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | entrare (come in, enter, entry, espousal, eventuate, eventuation, get in, go, go out, join, occur, perform, soak in, step in, to enter, walk in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 入 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にゅう, じゅ (Chinese scholar, Confucianism, Confucianist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | masuk (enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | entreil (enter, entry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | drenta (come into, enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ogay inay wejść. (various references) entrar (come, come in, enter, get in, penetrate, perform, receive, run in, step into, to enter). (various references) veni (appear, approach, arrive, come, come down, draw, fall, follow, set in), sosi (arrive, be in, come, come down, come in, end up, get, land), se bãga (meddle, obtrude), se ascunde (abscond, couch, dissimulate, dodge, hide, hide oneself, mask), intra în (come into, enter, enter into, go for, go into, join in, penetrate, penetrate into, step into), intra (come in, enter, get in, get into, go, look in, perform, step in, wind oneself). (various references) уместиться (find room), входить (bob in, bob into, come in, come into, enter, get in, get into, penetrate, perform, step in, step into), войти (come in, come into, enter, perform). (various references) pristati (accede, accept, agree, assent, comply, consent, dock, side). (various references) entrar (access, approach, attack, bob in, bring in, call in, capture, come in, draw in, enter, fit, get at, get in, go up, input, introduce, invade, march in, pass in, perform, pull in, put in, rise, sail in, show in, step in, tackle, to enter, wade in, walk in), montar (assemble, back, edit, elevate, enter, erect, hack, knit up, knock down, lash, Mount, perform, piece together, put on, put together, put up, ride, set, set in, set up, ship, sit). (various references) kuelekea (in the direction of, to go in acertain direction). (various references) gå in, passa i (fit), fastna (cling, fasten, fix, get caught, jam, Lodge, stick, take). (various references) girmek (be enroled, be enrolled, come in, come into, draw into, enter, enter into, enter on, enter upon, gain admission, get in, go, go into, incur, insert, key, key in, keyboard, pull, sail in, sink into, slide into, slip into, step, step in, strike in, type into, walk in, walk into), gírmek (enter, perform), yarışmaya katılmak, mücâdeleye girmek. (various references) входити (come in, enter, get in, go into, log on, move in, step in, walk in). (various references) okol (enter, perform). (various references) -ngena (enter, perform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | iaminitarum, ineam, ineamus, ineas, ineat, ineunt, ingredior ingredi ingressus, ini, inibis, inibo, inierant, inierat, iniere, inierit, inierunt, iniit, inique, inire, inirent, inisset, inisti, inistis, inite, initi, inito, initoque, initum, initur, invado. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Wrgisqh de kai ouk hqelen eiselqein o oun pathr autou exelqwn parekalei auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Indignatus est autem et nolebat introire pater ergo illius egressus coepit rogare illum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa bealh he hine and nolde ingan; þa eode his fæder ut and ongan hine biddan; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he was wrooth, and wolde not come in. Therfor his fadir wente out, and bigan to preye hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he was angry and wolde not goo in. Then came his father out and entreated him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he was angry, and would not go in; therefore his father came out, and entreated him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Apan nasuko siya ug midumili sa pagsulod. Ug ang iyang amahan migula ug mialam-alam kaniya, |
| Croatian | A on se rasrdi i ne htjede uæi. Otac tada iziðe i stane ga nagovarati. |
| Danish | Men han blev vred og vilde ikke gå ind. Men hans Fader gik ud og bad ham. |
| Dutch | Maar hij werd toornig, en wilde niet ingaan. Zo ging dan zijn vader uit, en bad hem. |
| Finnish | Niin hän vihastui eikä tahtonut mennä sisälle; mutta hänen isänsä tuli ulos ja puhutteli häntä leppeästi. |
| French | Il se mit en colère, et ne voulut pas entrer. Son père sortit, et le pria d`entrer. |
| German | Da ward er zornig und wollte nicht hineingehen. Da ging sein Vater heraus und bat ihn. |
| Hungarian | Erre õ megharaguvék, és nem akara bemenni. Az õ atyja annakokáért kimenvén, kérlelé õt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anak yang sulung itu marah sekali sehingga ia tidak mau masuk ke rumah. Lalu ayahnya keluar dan membujuk dia masuk. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka marahlah ia, tiada mau masuk rumah; lalu bapanya keluar membujuk dia masuk. |
| Maori | Na ka riri ia, kihai hoki i pai kia haere ki roto: me i reira ka haere atu tona matua ki waho, ka tohe ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Da blev han vred og vilde ikke gå inn. Hans far gikk da ut og talte vennlig til ham; |
| Portuguese | Mas ele se indignou e não queria entrar. Saiu então o pai e instava com ele. |
| Rumanian | El s`a kntqrktat de mknie, wi nu voia sq intre kn casq. Tatql squ a iewit afarq, wi l -a rugat sq intre. |
| Russian | пО ПУЕТ"ЙМУС Й ОЕ ИПФЕМ ЧПКФЙ. пФЕ" ЦЕ ЕЗП, ЧЩК"С, ЪЧБМ ЕЗП. |
| Shuar | `Tura iwiai uchi kajek wayatniun nakitramai.' `Tuma asamtai ni Aparí jiintiuki "wayata" timiai.' |
| Swahili | Huyo kijana mkubwa akawaka hasira hata akakataa kuingia nyumbani. Baba yake akatoka nje na kumsihi aingie. |
| Swedish | Då blev han vred och ville icke gå in. Hans fader gick då ut och talade vanligt med honom. |
| Uma | "Kamoroe-nami ana' to ulumua' toei, oja' -i mesua' hi rala tomi. Tuama-na hilou mpobawai-i mesua'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-o" | |
-1 letter: gin, ion, nog. | |
-2 letters: go, in, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-o" | |
+1 letter: bingo, boing, coign, dingo, doing, gipon, giron, going, gonia, gonif, groin, incog, ingot, jingo, lingo, ohing, oping, owing, pingo, tigon, yogin. | |
+2 letters: agonic, bagnio, bingos, biogen, boding, boning, booing, boring, bowing, boxing, coding, coigne, coigns, coking, coming, congii, coning, cooing, coping, coring, cosign, coting, coving, cowing, coxing, coying, doings, doling, doming, doping, dosing, doting, dowing, dozing, eloign, epigon, eringo, foxing, gabion, ganoid, gibbon, gibson, gingko, ginkgo, gipons, girons, gitano, globin, gnomic, gnosis, goblin, goings, goniff, gonifs, gonion, gonium, goonie, goring, gringo, grison, groins, guidon, hoeing, hoking, holing, homing, honing, hoping, hosing, ignore, incogs, indigo, ingots, isogon, jingko, joking, jowing, joying, legion, logion, looing, loping, losing, loving, lowing, loxing, mignon, mooing, moping, moving, mowing, noggin, nosing, noting, oaring, offing, ogling, oiling, onagri, oohing, oozing, opting, orbing, origan, origin, outing, owning, pigeon, pingos, poking, poling, pongid, poring, posing, poxing, region, robing, roping, rosing, roving, rowing, signor, soigne, soling, soring, sowing, stingo, tiglon, tigons, toeing, toking, toling, toning, toping, toting, towing, toying, trigon, voling, voting, vowing, wigeon, wooing, wowing, yogini, yogins, yoking, yowing, zoning. | |
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