Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GOING
going
(adjective) in full operation; “a going concern”
departure, going, going away, leaving
(noun) the act of departing
going, sledding
(noun) advancing toward a goal; “persuading him was easy going”; “the proposal faces tough sledding”
passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
(noun) euphemistic expressions for death; “thousands mourned his passing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
going
present participle of go
(in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
Noun
going (plural goings)
A departure.
The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
Progress.
(figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
(obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
(in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
(in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
Adjective
going (not comparable)
Likely to continue; viable.
Current, prevailing.
(especially, after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
Hyponyms
• downgoing
• easygoing
• ocean-going
• on-going
• seagoing
• thoroughgoing
• upgoing
Anagrams
• oggin
Proper noun
Going (plural Goings)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Going is the 20648th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1282 individuals. Going is most common among White (85.49%) individuals.
Anagrams
• oggin
Source: Wiktionary
Go"ing, n.
1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.
2. Departure. Milton.
3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.
4. pl.
Definition: Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv. 21. Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up.
– Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv. 4.
– Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys." Num. xxxiii. 2.
– Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
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