Going

/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of go.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of go
2. (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
3. A departure.
4. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
5. Progress.
6. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
7. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
8. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).

Example Sentences

I'm afraid I must be going.

theatre-going, church-going, movie-going

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.

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, […]

The going was very difficult over the ice.

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

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

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

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Antonyms for going

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• goings

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