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go to

/ˈɡoʊˌtu/verb, noun

go to is a verb meaning “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-T-O and has 2 syllables.

What does go to mean?

verb

  1. 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to.

    All the jewelry went to her heirs.

  2. 2

    To attend an event or a sight.

    We went to a concert for my birthday.

  3. 3

    To attend classes at a school as a student.

    He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out.

  4. 4

    To tend to support.

    The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies.

  5. 5

    archaicTo get to work; (imperatively) come on.

  6. 6

    archaicUsed imperatively to express protest or surprise; "come, now!".

noun

  1. 1

    The branching construct GOTO.

adjective

as go-to
  1. 1

    Desired; desirable; of choice.

    Cheesecake is my go-to food whenever I feel down.

  2. 2

    Reliable; likely to perform in difficult circumstances.

    Smith is your go-to person if you want lasting results.

noun

as go-to
  1. 1

    A person or thing that is one’s usual choice.

    Going for a drink after work is usually my go-to.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce go to?

  • US /ˈɡoʊˌtu/

Go to has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-go_to.ogg, En-us-go_to.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of go to

  • go-tos plural
  • goes to present, singular, he/she/it
  • going to participle, present
  • went to past
  • gone to participle, past
  • go tos plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with go to

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

go to vs goto0 B

Also written: goto (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Go to in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishpredilecto, imprescindible (desired, desirable, of choice), factótum, privanza (usual choice)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does go to come from?

A univerbation of go + to. Compare typologically convenient, Russian подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (<~ ходи́ть (xodítʹ)).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).