INDEX:
1. to go to a meeting, party, concert etc
2. to regularly go to a school, work or church
3. to deliberately not go to school, work etc
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ LEAVE
↑ TRAVEL
↑ MOVE/NOT MOVE
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1. to go to a meeting, party, concert etc
▷ go /gəʊ/ [intransitive verb]
▪ She invited me to her wedding, but I couldn’t go.
▪ How many of you actually went last week?
go to
▪ Did you go to the baseball game last weekend?
▪ I have to go to a meeting this afternoon.
▷ come /kʌm/ [intransitive verb]
to go to a game, concert, meeting, party etc, either at the home of the person who invites you, or with someone who is also going there :
▪ We’re having a meal at my home tomorrow night. Do you want to come?
come to
▪ Can you come to my party?
▪ You should have come to the concert -- it was really good.
▷ attend /əˈtend/ [intransitive/transitive verb] formal
to go to an event such as a meeting :
▪ Will you be attending the conference?
▪ Employees are expected and required to attend team meetings.
▪ Several people were unable to attend because of the storm.
▷ show up/turn up /ˌʃəʊ ˈʌp, ˌtɜːʳn ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb] informal
to go to a particular event that you are expected to be at :
▪ It’s my sister’s birthday party. She’ll be very disappointed if I don’t show up.
▪ Chris turned up an hour late.
show up/turn up for
▪ She showed up twenty minutes late for class.
▪ Schmidt failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting on Monday morning.
▷ make an appearance/put in an appearance /ˌmeɪk ən əˈpɪ ə rəns, ˌpʊt ɪn ən əˈpɪ ə rəns/ [verb phrase]
to go to an event such as a party or a meeting, but only for a short time :
▪ The president made an appearance on ‘CBS This Morning’.
▪ I hate these official cocktail parties, but I suppose I’d better put in an appearance for half an hour.
2. to regularly go to a school, work or church
▷ go to /ˈgəʊ tuː/ [verb phrase]
▪ As a child I used to hate going to church.
▪ Karen goes to Daley College.
▪ He’s been going to Spanish lessons for months and he still can’t speak a word of it.
▷ attend /əˈtend/ [intransitive/transitive verb] written
to regularly go to a class, school or church :
▪ Both children attend St. Joan Church
▪ Karl attended college after military service.
▷ be at especially British /be in American /ˈbiː æt, ˈbiː ɪn/ [transitive verb]
if you are at or are in a school, college, or university, you study there :
▪ I’m at Belton School. What about you?
▪ Mary is at Northwestern University.
▪ Sam was an athlete in school.
be at school/college/university
▪ My husband and I met when we were both at college.
3. to deliberately not go to school, work etc
▷ skive/skive off/bunk off /skaɪv, ˌskaɪv ˈɒf, ˌbʌŋk ˈɒf/ [intransitive/transitive verb or intransitive/transitive phrasal verb] British informal
to deliberately not go to school, work etc, when you should be there :
▪ He says that he was so ill he had to be sent home from school. I bet he’s skiving.
▪ Have you been skiving off again? You’ll get caught one of these days.
▪ We were bunking off one day, and playing down by the canal.
▷ play truant British /play hooky American /ˌpleɪ ˈtruːənt, ˌpleɪ ˈhʊki/ [verb phrase]
if a child plays truant or plays hooky from school, they deliberately stay away from school without their parent’s permission :
▪ Billy was caught playing truant and has been given extra homework for a month.
▪ He’d played hooky again and ridden the train out to Brooklyn.
▷ cut /kʌt/ [transitive verb] especially American, informal
if a student cuts classes, school etc, they deliberately do not go to the classes that they should go to :
▪ Kids cut class and ran down the street to watch the fire.