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UK /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ US /ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

noun 5adj 3name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

crazy, difficult, easiest, far, future, heirless, long, manual

Things were going crazy at the office after the boss announced the reorganization.

VERB + GOING

aren't, like, look, planning, risk

I'm not planning on going to the party this weekend because I have too much work.

GOING + NOUN

beach, church, gods, myself

We're going to the beach this weekend if the weather stays nice.

PREP.

after, after, in, on, on, up

I'm going after the bus before it leaves the station.

ADV.

carefully

She was going carefully down the icy steps so she wouldn't fall.

Definitions

noun

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.

adj

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.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of departing

departure
leaving

noun — advancing toward a goal

sledding

noun — euphemistic expressions for death

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

is it going to rain

Is it going to rain?

going rate

The current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something.

He did a terrible job, and then charged more than twice the going rate for it!

coming and going

A general bustle of activity.

Many roads and tracks crossed the green fields, and there was much coming and going: wains moving in lines towards the Great Gate, and others passing out.

got it going on

Be attractive, outgoing (typically of women).

"You got it going on, girlfriend. Don't she, Joey?" "It's working for you, sweetheart," Joseph said, and took a sip of his coffee.

have it going on

To be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.

The brother did have it going on though. He was 6'4", a copper-tone tan, not too black and not too light, a military career, and was looking for a job […]

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

The going was very difficult over the ice.

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

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

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He has the easiest job going.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, going is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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