Dictionary

go ahead en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌɡɐʉ əˈhɛd/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌɡəʉ əˈhɛd/ (Australia)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ (General-American)
• /ˌɡu əˈhɛd/ Black Country
• /ˌɡəʊ əˈhɛd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. To proceed with; to begin.
   • I went ahead with my plan.
   • In the meantime, strikes already planned for NR are to go ahead, despite an offer being put to RMT members in an electronic ballot that was due to close on December 12 (after this issue of RAIL went to press). 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:
   • Since that date the work on the new station has gone ahead unceasingly. 1958 September 14, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 641:
2. (imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.
   • Go ahead and eat without me. I expect to be very late.
   • “Tom Sawyer, I want to ask you some questions.” “Go ahead,” he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen. 1894, Mark Twain, chapter 12, in Tom Sawyer Abroad:
3. (qualifier:procedure word) To send communication over the radio.
   • Bravo Six Actual, this is Bravo Six Four. Go ahead, over.

Forms

Deriveds

go-aheadative · go-ahead

Relateds

go wild · help oneself · knock oneself out · go nuts

Synonyms

go for it · feel free · be my guest

Translations (61)

ga ar aghaidh leat ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ga leanaigí oraibh ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hi आगे बढ़ना (proceed) · ru пожа́луйста ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ur جائیے ((''imperative'') grant permission) · gd siuthad ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu nekilát ((''imperative'') grant permission) · it procedere (proceed) · de bitte ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu rajta ((''imperative'') grant permission) · gd siuthadaibh ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy dal ymlaen ((''imperative'') grant permission) · es ponerse ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu tessék ((''imperative'') grant permission) · fr vas-y ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy ymlaen â thi ((''imperative'') grant permission) · de na los ((''imperative'') grant permission) · fr allez-y ((''imperative'') grant permission) · de los ((''imperative'') grant permission) · de vorausgehen (proceed) · cy yn eich blaenau â chi ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ga lean ort ((''imperative'') grant permission) · la licet ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ur فرمائیے ((''imperative'') grant permission) · es sigue ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy ymlaen â chi ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu ne zavartasd magad ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy dal ati ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ru дава́й ((''imperative'') grant permission) · et edasi minema ((''imperative'') grant permission) · it vai ((''imperative'') grant permission) · pl zaczynać robić po uzyskaniu pozwolenia (proceed) · de nur zu ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu hozzákezd ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy yn dy flaen â thi ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy daliwch ati ((''imperative'') grant permission) · es adelante ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ru приступа́йте ((''imperative'') grant permission) · pl wysyłać wiadomość radiową ((procedure word) send communication over the radio) · pt vai em frente ((''imperative'') grant permission) · yi געזונטערהייט ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ru валя́й ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu elkezd ((''imperative'') grant permission) · es siga ((''imperative'') grant permission) · pl zacząć robić po uzyskaniu pozwolenia (proceed) · hu hozzáfog ((''imperative'') grant permission) · ga ar aghaidh libh ((''imperative'') grant permission) · nv hágoshį́į́ ((''imperative'') grant permission) · fi aloittaa ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cy daliwch ymlaen ((''imperative'') grant permission) · pl wysłać wiadomość radiową ((procedure word) send communication over the radio) · fi alkaa ((''imperative'') grant permission) · cmn 請便 /请便 ((''imperative'') grant permission) · fi ruveta ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu hozzálát ((''imperative'') grant permission) · it andare avanti (proceed) · ja どうぞお先に ((''imperative'') grant permission) · pl śmiało ((''imperative'') grant permission) · mg alefa ((''imperative'') grant permission) · hu ne zavartassa magát (fml.) ((''imperative'') grant permission) · es venga ((''imperative'') grant permission)