going

A departure.

Māna-Yood-Sushāī was before the beginning of the gods, and shall be after their going. […] After the going of the gods there will be no small worlds nor big.

But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]

The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.

The going was very difficult over the ice.

Progress.

We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.

Conditions for advancing in any way.

Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.

Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.

His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

Likely to continue; viable.

He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.

Current, prevailing.

The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.

Available.

He has the easiest job going.

Craig: Did you look at Tudor life? did you do a lot of studying about that? Natalie: Yeah, I was really geeky about it, I read every single book that was going.

A surname.