go aheadとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go ahead (三人称単数 現在形 goes ahead, 現在分詞 going ahead, 過去形 went ahead, 過去分詞 gone ahead)

1. To proceed with; to begin.

   I went ahead with my plan.

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.

名詞

go-ahead (複数形 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.

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 865290061, 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