going — English Dictionary

Verb

1. Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

   Usage

   • In compounds

   Examples

   theatre-going, church-going, movie-going

Noun

1. A departure.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   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.

   More examples (1)

   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, […]

2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   The going was very difficult over the ice.

3. Progress.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

4. Conditions for advancing in any way.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Figurative
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

5. Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • in-plural
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

6. The whereabouts (of something).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable
   • in the phrase "the going of"

   Examples

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

7. The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

Adjective

1. Likely to continue; viable.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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

2. Current, prevailing.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

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

3. Available.

   Usage

   • especially
   • not-comparable
   • after a noun phrase with a superlative

   Examples

   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.

Adjective

1. in full operation

   Examples

   a going concern

Noun

1. the act of departing

   Synonyms

   departuregoing awayleaving

   Broader terms

   actdeedhuman actionhuman activity

2. euphemistic expressions for death

   Synonyms

   passinglossdepartureexitexpirationrelease

   Broader terms

   deathdeceaseexpiry

   Examples

   thousands mourned his passing

3. advancing toward a goal

   Synonyms

   sledding

   Broader terms

   accomplishmentachievement

   Examples

   persuading him was easy going

   the proposal faces tough sledding