go a headとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go ahead (third-person singular simple present goes ahead, present participle going ahead, simple past went ahead, past participle gone ahead)

1. To proceed with; to begin.

   I went ahead with my plan.

   • 1958 September, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 641:

     Since that date the work on the new station has gone ahead unceasingly.

   • 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:

     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).

2. (imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.

   Synonyms: go for it, be my guest, feel free

   Go ahead and eat without me. I expect to be very late.

   • 1894, Mark Twain, chapter 12, in Tom Sawyer Abroad:

     “Tom Sawyer, I want to ask you some questions.” “Go ahead,” he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.

3. (procedure word, military) To send communication over the radio.

   Bravo Six Actual, this is Bravo Six Four. Go ahead, over.

派生語

• go-ahead
• go-aheadative

参考

• go nuts
• go wild
• help oneself
• knock oneself out

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/

名詞

go-ahead (plural go-aheads)

1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.

   You can start as soon as you get the go-ahead from the president.

   • 2009 June 7, Filipe, CNN‎, archived from the original on 1 February 2023:

     The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Pietas:

     Though Pietas has a combination of features that make terraforming a possibility, the rights to the planet have been tied up in Citadel Council courts for the past eight years. The running joke is that by the time the Council finally gives the go-ahead to colonize the planet, Pietas will have evolved life of its own.

   • 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 34:

     Greenwood's time as TSC [Transport Select Committee] chairman came to an end late last year, when MPs finally gave the go-ahead to an early General Election so that the Brexit deadlock in Parliament could be broken.

2. (dated, usually in the plural) A flip-flop (footwear).

形容詞

go-ahead (comparative more go-ahead, superlative most go-ahead)

1. (comparable) Progressive; exerting leadership.

   I work for a very go-ahead company that's always looking for new ideas.

   • 1906, Arthur Lincoln Haydon, The Book of the V. C., page 150:

     This turbulent ruler was a very go-ahead monarch indeed. He organised a splendid army, well-drilled and well-equipped with modern arms

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 587:

     "The Sultan's go-ahead, modern in some of his views."

2. (comparable) Dashing; energetic.
3. (sports, not comparable) Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game.

   The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.

下位語

• (sports score): game-winning

等位語

• (sports score): game-tying