boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new groundTo break new ground.
» Our mission is to boldly go where no woman has gone before.
Es ist unsere Mission, kühn in Bereiche vorzustoßen, die keine Frau je zuvor betreten hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To break new ground.
Examples
2 sentencesOur mission is to boldly go where no woman has gone before.
deEs ist unsere Mission, kühn in Bereiche vorzustoßen, die keine Frau je zuvor betreten hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The ship's mission is to boldly go where no man has gone before.
deDie Mission dieses Schiffs: kühn in Bereiche vorzustoßen, die nie ein Mensch betreten hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
A line from the opening sequence of the Star Trek TV series.A line from the opening sequence of the Star Trek TV series.
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Forms
boldly goes where no man has gone before, boldly going where no man has gone before, boldly went where no man has gone before, boldly gone where no man has gone before| Base form | boldly go where no man has gone before · to boldly go where no man has gone before |
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| 3rd person singular | boldly goes where no man has gone before |
| Present participle | boldly going where no man has gone before |
| Past simple | boldly went where no man has gone before |
| Past participle | boldly gone where no man has gone before |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | boldly go where no man has gone before |
| he, she, it | boldly goes where no man has gone before |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | boldly went where no man has gone before |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have boldly gone where no man has gone before |
| he, she, it | has boldly gone where no man has gone before |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will boldly go where no man has gone before |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.