going

English Online Dictionary. What means going‎? What does going mean?

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/
• (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌo̞ŋ/
• 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.

2. Current, prevailing.

3. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

• going to

References

• “going”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• oggin