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GO TO
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
Example:
did you go to the meeting?
Synonyms:
attend; go to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "go to" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go to"):
sit in (attend as a visitor)
worship (attend religious services)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
"You was never like this before. You jes' shut up now, an' go to sleep, an' you'll be all hunkydory in the mornin'. Your stomach's sour, that's what's botherin' you."
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“Sir,” he said to the Skookum Bench king, “no, sir. You can go to hell, sir. It’s the best I can do for you, sir.”
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
We were to go to the theatre.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you must go to him, see at least that he doth not turn you from the narrow path upon which you have learned to tread.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If his messenger could go to one place, why could he not go to another?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Well,” said I, “I'll cut you some tobacco, but if I was you and thought myself so badly, I would go to my prayers like a Christian man.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
MCI memory problems may include: • Losing things often • Forgetting to go to events and appointments • Having more trouble coming up with words than other people of the same age
(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you had to go to someone other than your prescribing physician to get sufficient pain relief from medications?
(COMM - Other Sources for Pain Medication, NCI Thesaurus)
Learn about everything from how the body works to what happens when you go to the hospital.
(Children's Page, NIH)
A disease that does not go to remission despite treatment.
(Persistent Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
