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; 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.

   • 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) flip-flop

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