Meanings
verbgo steady (third-person singular simple present goes steady, present participle going steady, simple past went steady, past participle gone steady)
present singular third person goes steady · participle present going steady · past went steady · participle past gone steady
- colloquialdatedintransitiveTo date one person (a steady) regularly and exclusively.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbdate regularly; have a steady relationship with
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 搞對象 /搞对象, 確定關係 /确定关系
- 搞對象 /搞对象 (gǎo duìxiàng)date one person
- 確定關係 /确定关系 (quèdìng guānxi)date one person
Finnish seurustella vakituisesti
- seurustella vakituisestidate one person
French sortir avec
- sortir avecdate one person
German miteinander gehen, eine Beziehung haben
- miteinander gehendate one person
- eine Beziehung habendate one person
Hebrew יָצָא קָבוּעַ
- יָצָא קָבוּעַ (yatzá qavúa')date one person
Italian mettersi insieme
- mettersi insiemedate one person
Japanese 付き合う
- 付き合う (tsukiau)date one person
Portuguese namorar firme, namorar sério
- namorar firmedate one person
- namorar sériodate one person
Russian встреча́ться, дружи́ть
- встреча́ться (vstrečátʹsja)date one person
- дружи́ть (družítʹ)date one person
Spanish noviar, pololear
- noviardate one person
- pololeardate one person
Swedish kila stadigt
- kila stadigtdate one person
Cite this entry
APA
go steady. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20steady
MLA
“go steady.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20steady. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go steady,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20steady.
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