going

Meaning

Verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of go
2. (in-compounds) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A departure.
2. (countable, uncountable) The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) Progress.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Conditions for advancing in any way.
5. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
6. (countable, uncountable) The whereabouts (of something).
7. (countable, uncountable) The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Likely to continue; viable.
2. (not-comparable) Current, prevailing.
3. (especially, not-comparable) Available.

go

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Synonyms

moving

departure

motion

passing

walking

🚶

leaving

proceeding

travelling

movement

sledding

exit

flowing

reaching

coming

running

🏃

being

act of going

visiting

living

gait

release

going away

approaching

expiration

course

wandering

working

journeying

riding

run

locomotive

pacing

passage

movable

decease

loss

functional

following

current

flight

✈️

creeping

existent

escape

coming back

approach

active

live

length

effective

leave-taking

Translations

partida

ida

départ

Geschwindigkeit

funktionierend

gehend

çûn

marche

çûyîn

رحِيل

aller

Gehen

sortie

partenza

eingeschaltet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: goinge

Inherited from Old English: gānde

Cognate with Western Frisian: geanend

Cognate with Dutch: gaand

Cognate with German: gehend

Cognate with Danish: gående

Cognate with Swedish: gående

Inherited from Middle English: going

Cognate with German: Gehung

Cognate with Old English: gang

In summary

Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”).
Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.

Sentences

Where are you going ?

He was going too fast by a long shot .

Are you sure that Joe case is going on next week ?

I was scared , but wasted no time in going out and crossing the bridge to the sand pits .

What's going on in there ?

" I'm going away ," he said .