Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.
2. (dated, usually in the plural) A flip-flop (footwear).
3. (comparable) Progressive; exerting leadership.
4. (comparable) Dashing; energetic.
5. (sports, not comparable) Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Word Forms

• go-aheads
• more go-ahead
• most go-ahead

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Use go-ahead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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