Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Departure.
- noun The condition underfoot as it affects one's headway in walking or riding.
- noun Informal Progress toward a goal; headway.
- adjective Working; running.
- adjective In full operation; flourishing.
- adjective Current; prevailing.
- adjective To be found; available.
- idiom (going on) Approaching.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of moving in any manner.
- noun Departure.
- noun Time of pregnancy; gestation.
- noun Way; shape; behavior; deportment: used chiefly in the plural.
- noun Condition of paths and roads for walking or driving.
- noun A right of pasturage for a beast on a common.
- noun An outlet.
- noun A starting; a departure: as, the going forth of the house of Israel.
- noun Expenditure; outlay.
- noun In stair-building, the width of the stairway or length of a tread.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
- noun The act of moving in any manner; traveling.
- noun Departure.
- noun Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
- noun Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
- noun (Horology) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up.
- noun (Script.) A limit; a border.
- noun (Script.) Departure or journeying.
- noun behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
go . - noun A
departure . - noun The
suitability ofground for riding, walking etc. - noun
progress - noun figuratively Conditions for advancing in any way.
- noun obsolete
pregnancy ;gestation ;childbearing - noun plural Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- adjective Likely to
continue ;viable . - adjective That attends habitually or regularly.
- adjective
Current ,prevailing . - adjective
Available .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun advancing toward a goal
- adjective in full operation
- noun euphemistic expressions for death
- noun the act of departing
Etymologies
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Examples
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Time we were going, Maggie -- (_going to her_, C.); -- you'll be glad to see the back of us.
Hobson's Choice Harold Brighouse 1920
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I am going, I continued, going willingly; but, should I say forever, perhaps I may not keep my word.
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\ "When the going gets tough, the tough get going\".
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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. "
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If she ever attains that goal is everything that happens during her term going to be Obama's fault?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"What has always kept me and the label going is the music itself," he said.
A Label With Swing to Spare Tad Hendrickson 2011
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The term going concern refers to the ability of a company to generate enough funds to stay operational.
Jet Airways Auditors Ask Company to Raise Funds Ashutosh Joshi 2011
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"What has always kept me and the label going is the music itself," he said.
A Label With Swing to Spare Tad Hendrickson 2011
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Sebastian nodded, his expression going dim and the volume of his words lowering.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Value is going to be the watch word going forward.
Hotel Pioneer Returns to N.Y. Craig Karmin 2011
brobbins commented on the word going
metaphysical extenstion
July 22, 2009