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- [goh uh-hed]
- /goʊ əˈhɛd/
- /ɡəʊ əˈhed/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [goh uh-hed]
- /goʊ əˈhɛd/
Definitions of go-ahead word
- noun go-ahead permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work. 1
- noun go-ahead Chiefly Hawaii and California. a sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the next toe. 1
- adjective go-ahead moving forward; advancing. 1
- adjective go-ahead enterprising: a go-ahead Yankee peddler. 1
- adjective go-ahead goal: puts score, team ahead 1
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Origin of go-ahead
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase go ahead
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Parts of speech for Go-ahead
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
go-ahead popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for go-ahead
adj go-ahead
- ambitious — Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
- up-and-coming — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- go-getting — an enterprising, aggressive person.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
noun go-ahead
- consent — If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- assent — If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- okay — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
Antonyms for go-ahead
adj go-ahead
- vetoed — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- denied — to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
noun go-ahead
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
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