Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Departure: comings and goings.
- n. The condition underfoot as it affects one's headway in walking or riding: Once we left the trail the going was rough.
- n. Informal Progress toward a goal; headway: It was easy going during my senior year.
- adj. Working; running: a machine in going order.
- adj. In full operation; flourishing: a going business.
- adj. Current; prevailing: The going rates are high.
- adj. To be found; available: the best products going.
- idiom. going on Approaching: The child is six, going on seven years of age.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of moving in any manner.
- n. Departure.
- n. Time of pregnancy; gestation.
- n. Way; shape; behavior; deportment: used chiefly in the plural.
- n. Condition of paths and roads for walking or driving.
- n. A right of pasturage for a beast on a common.
- n. An outlet.
- n. A starting; a departure: as, the going forth of the house of Israel.
- n. Expenditure; outlay.
- n. In stair-building, the width of the stairway or length of a tread.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of go.
- n. A departure.
- n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- n. progress
- n. figuratively Conditions for advancing in any way.
- n. obsolete pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
- n. plural Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- adj. Likely to continue; viable.
- adj. That attends habitually or regularly.
- adj. Current, prevailing.
- adj. Available.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of moving in any manner; traveling.
- n. Departure.
- n. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
- n. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
- That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing.
- Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, etc.
- Of or pertaining to a going business or concern.
WordNet 3.0
- n. advancing toward a goal
- adj. in full operation
- n. euphemistic expressions for death
- n. the act of departing
Etymologies
- From Middle English, present participle of gon (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Time we were going, Maggie -- (_going to her_, C.); -- you'll be glad to see the back of us.”
“I am going, I continued, going willingly; but, should I say forever, perhaps I may not keep my word.”
“\ "When the going gets tough, the tough get going\".”
“He _is_ going to do those things, just as he _is _going to sink the _Brandenburg _tonight, because he's already _done _them and there's nothing you can do about it. ”
“If she ever attains that goal is everything that happens during her term going to be Obama's fault?”
“The term going concern refers to the ability of a company to generate enough funds to stay operational.”
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“What has always kept me and the label going is the music itself," he said.”
“Sebastian nodded, his expression going dim and the volume of his words lowering.”
“Value is going to be the watch word going forward.”
“The failing of the book was in going from a complex and fantastic world of air ships and machinery and exotic places to a religious dogma coupled with a fascination for an ape-like race.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘going’.
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Guide to the Perplexed
Lexicon of terms set forth in Maimonides 'Guide to the Perplexed'. A fascinating exercise in theosophy and translation if one substitutes these definitions for a "revised" reading of the Old Testa...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)another, three, place, work, eyes, new, said, give, face, day, going, like and 388 more...
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america, american, arithmetic, attacked, barack, believe, better, bill, budget, care, class, college and 86 more...
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nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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the, this, and, a, that, i, me, you, him, her, she, he and 96 more...
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doing, boing, going, tincture, pingback, womenswear, jounce, wrack, a, ish, beeswax, thither and 97 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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wheel, bushing, balance, poise, stem, arbor, fork, escapement, endshake, pinion, ratchet, tooth and 60 more...
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Stuffie: The Castle Keep
Stuffie #12. Stuff you keep.
up, out, away, it real, faith, on keeping on, hope alive, out of reach of c..., it to yourself, it together, time, the pace and 57 more...
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Stuffie: Git in here!
Things you get.
me, mail, it, up, started, ready to go, trashed, lucky, fired, good grades, hot babes, sick and 41 more...
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