Usually means: Permission to proceed or start.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word go-ahead:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. go-ahead, the go-ahead: Merriam-Webster
  2. go-ahead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go-ahead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. go-ahead, go-ahead, the go-ahead, the go-ahead: Collins English Dictionary
  5. go-ahead: Vocabulary.com
  6. Go-Ahead, Go-ahead, go-ahead: Wordnik
  7. go-ahead: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. go-ahead: Wiktionary
  9. go-ahead: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. go-ahead: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. go-ahead: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. go-ahead: Dictionary.com
  13. go-ahead: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Go-Ahead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. go-ahead: Rhymezone
  16. go-ahead: FreeDictionary.org
  17. go-ahead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. go-ahead: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go-ahead: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go-ahead: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from WordNet (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  a signal to proceed
▸ noun:  readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Similar:
enterprise, initiative, enterprisingness, green light, fore-approval, headway, preapproval, advancing, progress, go-off, more...

Opposite:
halt, stop, standstill, blockade, obstruction

Types:
okay, all right, sure, yea, yeah, indication, permission, consent, more...

Phrases:
Go-Ahead Group, Go-Ahead London, more...



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Similar:
enterprise, initiative, enterprisingness, green light, fore-approval, headway, preapproval, advancing, progress, go-off, more...

Opposite:
halt, stop, standstill, blockade, obstruction

Types:
okay, all right, sure, yea, yeah, indication, permission, consent, more...

Phrases:
Go-Ahead Group, Go-Ahead London, more...



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