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going

Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/

The English word “going” has 11 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

noun

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

adjective

  1. Likely to continue; viable.
  2. Current, prevailing.
  3. Available.

Etymology

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…

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