going

Plural: goings

Noun

• The condition of the ground for walking; progress toward a goal.
• the act of departing
• euphemistic expressions for death
• advancing toward a goal
  • "persuading him was easy going"
• A departure.
• The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
• Progress.
• Conditions for advancing in any way.
• Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
• The whereabouts (of something).
• The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.

Verb

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• follow a procedure or take a course
• move away from a place into another direction
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • "Get going!"
• be awarded; be allotted
• have a particular form
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• follow a certain course
• be abolished or discarded
• be or continue to be in a certain condition
• make a certain noise or sound
• perform as expected when applied
• to be spent or finished
• progress by being changed
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
  • "How is it going?"
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• be in the right place or situation
• be ranked or compare
• begin or set in motion
• have a turn; make one's move in a game
• be contained in
• be sounded, played, or expressed
• blend or harmonize
• lead, extend, or afford access
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
• be spent
• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• stop operating or functioning
• present participle and gerund of go
• Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

Adjective Satellite

• in full operation
  • "a going concern"

Adj

• Likely to continue; viable.
• Current, prevailing.
• Available.

Examples

• Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.
• He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
• He has the easiest job going.
• I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?
• Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
• The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
• The going was very difficult over the ice.
• We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
• With the triple word score open, the GOING was good for a high score in Scrabble.

Synonyms

become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, croak, decease, depart, departure, die, drop dead, endure, exit, expiration, expire, extend, fail, fit, function, get, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go, go away, go bad, going away, hold out, hold up, kick the bucket, last, lead, leaving, live, live on, locomote, loss, move, operate, pass, pass away, passing, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, release, rifle, run, run low, run short, sledding, snuff it, sound, start, survive, travel, work

Antonyms

be born, come, malfunction, stay in place, stop

Related Words

going to

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