going to

About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now, or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here. This phrase is used with a verb (start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon, or Will you set the table?—Yes, I'm going to. [1400s] Also see go to.

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It’s going to be a warm week in Southern California.

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On the most general level, there's sort of two big picture issues they're going to have to address.

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"I don't see a scenario in which the majority of Iranians are going to side with an aggressor against their country while it's bombing it, and somehow view that as liberation."

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I was going to bring him here for his birthday on Thursday, but he felt weird about coming down here.

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"Since the beginning of humanity people have been going to different countries and it's thanks to that that we have all the progress we have."

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