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

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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 20648^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1282 individuals. Going is most common among White (85.49%) individuals.

Anagrams

• oggin

Source: Wiktionary

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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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