English
going
see also: Going
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɡəʊɪŋ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɡɔɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of go#English|go
  2. (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
    theatre-going, church-going, movie-going
Noun

going (plural goings)

  1. A departure.
    Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
    The going was very difficult over the ice.
  3. Progress.
    We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  4. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
    Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  5. (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  6. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
    • Bible, Job 34.21:
      His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
  7. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
    I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?
Translations Translations
  • German: Weiterkommen
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.
    • 2013, Natalie Dormer, interview on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:
      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.
Going
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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