Definitions for go by
Princeton's WordNet
elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along(verb)
pass by
"three years elapsed"
travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass(verb)
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"
go by, go under(verb)
be called; go by a certain name
"She goes by her maiden name again"
go by(verb)
be or act in accordance with
"Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
go by(verb)ʊ
(of time) to pass
A lot of time has gone by since then.
go byʊ
to use as a guide or rule
I'm just going by the calculations he made.
Wiktionary
go by(Verb)
To pass or go past without much interaction
go by(Verb)
to be called, to use as a name
go by(Verb)
To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
Translations for go by
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- gaan opAfrikaans

- يَعْتَمِد على، يَبْني رأياArabic

- водя се поBulgarian

- basearPortuguese (BR)

- opírat seCzech

- sich richten nachGerman

- rette sig efterDanish

- βασίζομαι σεGreek

- guiarse por, fundarse sobre, basarse enSpanish

- järgimaEstonian

- مبنا را بر چیزی قرار دادنFarsi

- perustaa mielipiteensä johonkinFinnish

- (se) fonder surFrench

- לנהוג לפי-Hebrew

- किसी चीज पर अपनी राय बनानाHindi

- temeljiti mišljenjeCroatian

- eligazodikHungarian

- melandaskanIndonesian

- fara eftir, byggjaáIcelandic

- basarsiItalian

- ~を当てにするJapanese

- ...에 따르다Korean

- spręsti pagal, pasikliautiLithuanian

- spriest (pēc kaut kā)Latvian

- bersandarMalay

- zich baseren op, uitgaan vanDutch

- rette seg etterNorwegian

- opierać się naPolish

- مبنا را بر چیزی قرار دادنPersian

- په يو شي باندش بنا كيښودلPashto

- basear-sePortuguese

- a (se) fonda peRomanian

- судить поRussian

- opierať sa (o)Slovak

- opirati (se)Slovenian

- osloniti seSerbian

- döma (gå) efterSwedish

- ปฏิบัติตามThai

- ...-e göre hüküm vermek, esas almakTurkish

- 根據Chinese (Trad.)

- керуватисяUkrainian

- رائے قایم کرناUrdu

- dựa vàoVietnamese

- 以...为根据Chinese (Simp.)

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