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going
[ goh-ing ]
noun
- the act of leaving or departing; departure:
a safe going and quick return.
- the condition of surfaces, as those of roads, for walking or driving:
After the heavy rain, the going was bad.
- progress; advancement:
With such slow going, the work is behind schedule.
- Usually goings. behavior; conduct; deportment.
adjective
- moving or working, as machinery.
- active, alive, or existing.
- continuing to operate or do business, especially in a successful manner:
a going company.
- current; prevalent; usual:
is the going price of good farmland in this area?
- leaving; departing.
going
/ ˈɡəʊɪŋ /
noun
- a departure or farewell
- the condition of a surface such as a road or field with regard to walking, riding, etc
muddy going
- informal.speed, progress, etc
we made good going on the trip
adjective
- thriving (esp in the phrase a going concern )
- current or accepted, as from past negotiations or commercial operation
the going rate for electricians
the going value of the firm
- postpositive available
the best going
- going, going, gone!a statement by an auctioneer that the bidding has finished
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- get going, to begin; get started.
- going away, Sports. by a wide margin, especially as established in the late stages of a contest:
The champion won the bout going away.
- going on,
- nearly; almost:
It's going on four o'clock.
- happening:
's going on here?
- continuing; lasting:
That party has been going on all night.
Example Sentences
“We are going to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars that could be invested into the communities, into parks, libraries, beaches, public social services, until 2050,” said L.A.
"So," she asks "what the hell's going on?"
"We bought a lot of food that wasn't going to go off, like tuna in cans, just in case," says actor Jaime.
"The manifesto said it was going to address this issue of resilience and yet, so far, it's done nothing," she added.
“You cannot be pulled over and grabbed on the street because of the color of your skin. Border Patrol is going to be held accountable for those practices and for violating people’s rights.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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