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    Definition of go to in English Dictionary

  • NounPLgo tos
    1. (computing) The branching construct GOTO.
    2. VerbSGgoes toPRgoing toPTwent toPPgone to
      1. Used other than as an idiom: see go,‎ to.
        1. To attend an event or a sight.
          1. We went to a concert for my birthday.
        2. (idiomatic) To attend classes at a school as a student.
          1. He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out.
        3. To tend to support.
          1. The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies.
        4. (intransitive, obsolete) To get to work; (imperatively) come on.
          1. (intransitive, archaic) Used imperatively to express protest or surprise; "come, now!".
            1. Doctor: Go to, go to. You have known what you should not.
        5. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • Huge credit must go to Championship strugglers Ipswich, who were well organised and kept their Premier League opponents at bay for 151 minutes in the tie, including more than an hour at the Emirates.
            • You can retrieve the references and go to lib. to get the articles, order the articles to be smailed to you from NLM, or download them to your fax machine
            • According to Christianity, when someone dies, they go to either Heaven or the other place.
          2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
            • Go to then, and desire God to print this profession in thine heart, and to increase it daily more and more; that thou mayest be full shapen like unto the image of Christ, in knowledge and love.
            • Go to bed!  I had breakfast in bed this morning. ‎
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Phrases
            • Phrasal verbs
              • Phrasal verbs with particle (to)
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
              • Verbs
                • Phrasal verbs
                  • Phrasal verbs with particle (to)
                  • Intransitive verbs
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                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of go to for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this idiom "go to" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb and an intransitive verb.
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