▸ go with
1 PHRASAL VERB If one thing goes with another thing, the two things officially belong together, so that if you get one, you also get the other. □ [V P n] …the lucrative $250,000 salary that goes with the job.
2 PHRASAL VERB If one thing goes with another thing, it is usually found or experienced together with the other thing. □ [V P n/v-ing] I know he'll enjoy all the responsibility and work that goes with being captain.
▸ go without PHRASAL VERB If you go without something that you need or usually have or do, you do not get it or do it. □ [V P n/v-ing] I have known what it is like to go without food for days. □ [V P ] The embargo won't hurt us because we're used to going without.
goad /goʊ d/ (goads , goading , goaded ) VERB If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. □ [V n + into ] He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response. □ [V n] Charles was always goading me. ● N‑COUNT Goad is also a noun. □ His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.
go -ahead
1 N‑SING If you give someone or something the go-ahead , you give them permission to start doing something. □ The Greek government today gave the go-ahead for five major road schemes. □ Don't do any major repair work until you get the go-ahead from your insurers.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A go-ahead person or organization tries hard to succeed, often by using new methods. □ Fairview Estate is one of the oldest and the most go-ahead wine producers in South Africa.
goal ◆◆◇ /goʊ l/ (goals )
1 N‑COUNT In games such as football, netball or hockey, the goal is the space into which the players try to get the ball in order to score a point for their team. □ The keeper was back in goal after breaking a knuckle.
2 N‑COUNT In games such as football or hockey, a goal is when a player gets the ball into the goal, or the point that is scored by doing this. □ They scored five goals in the first half of the match. □ The scorer of the winning goal.
3 N‑COUNT Something that is your goal is something that you hope to achieve, especially when much time and effort will be needed. □ It's a matter of setting your own goals and following them. □ The goal is to raise as much money as possible. SYNONYMS goal NOUN 3
aim: The aim of the festival is to increase awareness of such traditions.
target: …school leavers who failed to reach their target grades.
objective: Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well.
end: The police force is being manipulated for political ends.
purpose: The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.
goalie /goʊ li/ (goalies ) N‑COUNT A goalie is the same as a goalkeeper . [INFORMAL ]
goal|keeper /goʊ lkiːpə r / (goalkeepers ) N‑COUNT A goalkeeper is the player in a sports team whose job is to guard the goal.
goal|keeping /goʊ lkiːp I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT In games such as football and hockey, goalkeeping refers to the activity of guarding the goal. □ They were thankful for the keeper's excellent goalkeeping.
goa l ki ck (goal kicks ) N‑COUNT In football, when there is a goal kick , the goalkeeper is given the ball to kick out of the goal area because the other team has kicked it over the line by the side of goal.
goal|less /goʊ lləs/ ADJ In football, a goalless draw is a game which ends without any goals having been scored. □ The fixture ended in a goalless draw. □ The semi-final finished goalless after extra time.
goa l line (goal lines ) also goal-line N‑COUNT In games such as football and rugby, a goal line is one of the lines at each end of the field.
goal|mouth /goʊ lmaʊθ/ (goalmouths ) N‑COUNT In football, the goalmouth is the area just in front of the goal.
goal|post /goʊ lpoʊst/ (goalposts ) also goal post
1 N‑COUNT A goalpost is one of the two upright wooden posts that are connected by a crossbar and form the goal in games such as football and rugby.
2 PHRASE If you accuse someone of moving the goalposts , you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ They seem to move the goal posts every time I meet the conditions which are required.
goat /goʊ t/ (goats ) N‑COUNT A goat is a farm animal or a wild animal that is about the size of a sheep. Goats have horns, and hairs on their chin which resemble a beard.
goa t cheese (goat cheeses ) also goat's cheese N‑VAR Goat cheese is cheese made from goat's milk.
goatee /goʊ tiː / (goatees ) N‑COUNT A goatee is a very short pointed beard that covers a man's chin but not his cheeks.
gob /gɒ b/ (gobs , gobbing , gobbed )
1 N‑COUNT A person's gob is their mouth. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE ] □ Shut your gob.
2 N‑COUNT A gob of a thick, unpleasant liquid is a small amount of it. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …a gob of spit.
3 VERB If someone gobs , they spit . [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V prep] At a concert some punks gobbed at them and threw beer cans. [Also V ]
gob|bet /gɒ b I t/ (gobbets )
1 N‑COUNT A gobbet of something soft, especially food, is a small lump or piece of it. □ [+ of ] …gobbets of meat.