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Definition of 'go by'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
pass by
"three years elapsed"

2. (verb) travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
move past
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

3. (verb) go by, go under
be called; go by a certain name
"She goes by her maiden name again"

4. (verb) go by
be or act in accordance with
"Go by this rule and you'll be safe"

Definition of 'go by'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) go by
(of time) to pass
A lot of time has gone by since then.

2. go by
to use as a guide or rule
I'm just going by the calculations he made.

Translation of 'go by'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to base an opinion on We can't go by what he says.
Afrikaans: gaan op	Arabic: يَعْتَمِد على، يَبْني رأي	Bulgarian: водя се по
Brazilian: basear	Czech: opírat se	German: sich richten nach
Danish: rette sig efter	Greek: βασίζομαι σε	Spanish: guiarse por, fundarse sob
Estonian: järgima	Farsi: مبنا را بر چیزی قرار دادن	Finnish: perustaa mielipiteensä jo
French: (se) fonder sur	Hebrew: לנהוג לפי-	Hindi: किसी चीज पर अपनी राय बनान
Croatian: temeljiti mišljenje	Hungarian: eligazodik	Indonesian: melandaskan
Icelandic: fara eftir, byggjaá	Italian: basarsi	Japanese: ～を当てにする
Korean: ...에 따르다	Lithuanian: spręsti pagal, pasikliaut	Latvian: spriest (pēc kaut kā)
Malay: bersandar	Dutch: zich baseren op, uitgaan	Norwegian: rette seg etter
Polish: opierać się na	Persian: مبنا را بر چیزی قرار دادن	Pashto: په يو شي باندش بنا كيښودل
Portuguese: basear-se	Romanian: a (se) fonda pe	Russian: судить по
Slovak: opierať sa (o)	Slovenian: opirati (se)	Serbian: osloniti se
Swedish: döma (gå) efter	Thai: ปฏิบัติตาม	Turkish: ...-e göre hüküm vermek,
Taiwanese: 根據	Ukrainian: керуватися	Urdu: رائے قایم کرنا
Vietnamese: dựa vào	Chinese: 以...为根据
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