going

Meaning

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

going

moving

departure

motion

passing

walking

leaving

proceeding

travelling

movement

coming

running

exit

reaching

flowing

sledding

being

visiting

living

gait

act of going

going away

release

passage

wandering

approaching

movable

locomotive

riding

expiration

loss

pacing

working

journeying

run

decease

course

traveling

rolling

inactivity

in motion

on the move

one way

length

leave-taking

departed

gone

outward bound

turning away

assailing

approach

drawing towards

remaining

staying

attaining

getting

leading

grazing

wandering about

being in constant motion

amusing

resorting

taking

running away

alighting on

descending

abiding in

journey

driving

acquisition

creeping

going by leaps

passing over

traversing

turning

progress

roaming

revolution

accompanying

following

resording

escape

flight

gliding

existent

behaviour

current

marching

coming back

way back

devolution

transition

going of flight

stair run

tread run

success

procession

active

alive

effective

functional

functioning

live

operable

regular

unconstipated

departing

on the way

happen

work

Frequency

Hyphenated as

go‧ing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/

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.

Cognate with Dutch

gaand

Cognate with German

gehend

New

go

1. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
2. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
3. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
4. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
5. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
6. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
7. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
8. To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
9. (obsolete) To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
10. To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
11. To start; to begin (an action or process).
12. To take a turn, especially in a game.
13. To attend.
14. To proceed:
15. (colloquial) To proceed:
16. To extend along.
17. To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
18. To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
19. To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
20. To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
21. To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
22. To change (from one value to another).
23. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
24. To continuously or habitually be in a state.
25. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
26. To tend (toward a result)
27. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
28. To pass, to be used up:
29. To pass, to be used up:
30. To pass, to be used up:
31. To die.
32. To be lost or out:
33. To be lost or out:
34. To break down or apart:
35. To break down or apart:
36. To be sold.
37. To be discarded or disposed of.
38. To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
39. To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
40. To have a certain record.
41. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
42. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
43. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
44. (colloquial) To say (something), to make a sound:
45. To say (something), to make a sound:
46. To say (something), to make a sound:
47. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
48. To resort (to).
49. To apply or subject oneself to:
50. To apply or subject oneself to:
51. To apply or subject oneself to:
52. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
53. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
54. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
55. To date.
56. To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
57. To attack:
58. (obsolete,slang) To attack:
59. (slang) To attack:
60. Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
61. To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
62. To yield or weigh.
63. To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
64. (colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
65. (colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
66. Expressing encouragement or approval.