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Meaning of gan | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized
/ɡæn/

Definitions

  1. To go.
    North, Northumbria, Yorkshire
  2. simple past of gin
    archaic, form-of, past

Examples

“The one problem I had here was my broad Geordie accent which the teachers tried their hardest to make me lose. I couldn't understand their problem with it because I could understand myself. Whenever I told them, "Am gannin yem", they would say, "No, Christopher. It's not "am gannin yem", it's "I am going home".”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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