going

going

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɡɔɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: go‧ing
  • Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Verb

going

  1. present participle and gerund of go
  2. (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
    theatre-going, church-going, movie-going

Translations

Noun

going (countable and uncountable, plural goings)

  1. A departure.
  2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
  3. Progress.
  4. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
  5. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  6. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
  7. The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.

Derived terms

  • hard going, going, going, gone

Translations

Adjective

going (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. Current, prevailing.
    The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  3. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
    He has the easiest job going.

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

  • going to

References

  • “going”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • oggin

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