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- [goh too weyst]
- /goʊ tu weɪst/
- /ɡəʊ tuː weɪst/
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- [goh too weyst]
- /goʊ tu weɪst/
Definitions of go to waste words
- verb with object go to waste to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words. 1
- verb with object go to waste to fail or neglect to use: to waste an opportunity. 1
- verb with object go to waste to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: The waves waste the rock of the shore. 1
- verb with object go to waste to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease or hunger. 1
- verb with object go to waste to destroy, devastate, or ruin: a country wasted by a long and futile war. 1
- verb with object go to waste Slang. to kill or murder. 1
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Origin of go to waste
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; 1960-65 for def 6; (adj.) Middle English < Old North French wast (Old French g(u)ast) < Latin vāstus desolate; (v.) Middle English < Old North French waster (Old French g(u)aster) < Latin vāstāre, derivative of vāstus; (noun) Middle English < Old North French wast(e) (Old French g(u)aste), partly < Latin vāstum, noun use of neuter of vāstus, partly derivative of waster; Old North French w-, Old French gu- by influence of cognate with Frankish *wōsti desolate (cognate with Old High German wuosti)
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Parts of speech for Go to waste
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
go to waste popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
go to waste usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for go to waste
verb go to waste
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
Antonyms for go to waste
verb go to waste
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
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