get-go

noun

ˈgit-ˌgō How to pronounce get-go (audio)
ˈget-
variants or less commonly git-go
: the very beginning
used in the phrase from the get-go
didn't like me from the get-go

Examples of get-go in a Sentence

from the get-go, their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail
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Handy Prompting Template For Your Use Generative AI won’t necessarily be ready at the get-go to make use of a business policy and turn it into usable business rules. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 The approach of doing so at the get-go is typically referred to as quantization-aware training (QAT), while the alternative approach of doing so afterward is known as post-training quantization (PTQ). Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 This is something that ought to be in their mind at the get-go. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 As for the victim, today’s suit paints a portrait of a young life shattered from almost the get-go. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024 There is a low likelihood of being able to data train generative AI at the get-go on the logic of humans because the data source of the Internet tends to omit the logic that might have been employed. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 First, one issue is whether the restrictions deemed by AI makers ought to even be in place at the get-go (some see this as a form of arbitrary censorship by the AI firms). Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 Impractical at the get-go and a misguided way to proceed with legislating AI. Will spur unfounded and draining legal wars against AI firms and AI deployers. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 Those looking to sell or trade in their luxury handbags will receive payment at the get-go. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of get-go was in 1962

Cite this Entry

“Get-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get-go. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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