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Going

//ˈɡəʊɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely to continue; viable. not-comparable

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

  2. 2
    Current, prevailing. not-comparable

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

  3. 3
    Available. especially, not-comparable

    "He has the easiest job going."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in full operation wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A departure. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the act of departing wordnet
  3. 3
    The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. countable, uncountable

    "The going was very difficult over the ice."

  4. 4
    advancing toward a goal wordnet
  5. 5
    Progress. countable, uncountable

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

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  1. 6
    euphemistic expressions for death wordnet
  2. 7
    Conditions for advancing in any way. countable, figuratively, uncountable

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

  3. 8
    Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. countable, in-plural, uncountable

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

  4. 9
    The whereabouts (of something). countable, uncountable

    "I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?"

  5. 10
    The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. countable, uncountable

    "Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of go form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "I'm afraid I must be going."

  2. 2
    Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. in-compounds

    "theatre-going, church-going, movie-going"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.

Etymology 2

Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.

Etymology 3

Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.

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