going

== English == === 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 English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go +‎ -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang. === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (West Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈɡuː.ɪŋ/ [ˈɡʊw.ɪŋɡ] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈɡæn.ɪn/ (sometimes) IPA(key): /ɡaːn/ (Dublin) IPA(key): [ˈɡʌo̞ŋ] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡɔɪ.ŋ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɡo.ʋɪnɡ/, /ˈɡo.jɪnɡ/, [-ɪŋɡ] Hyphenation: go‧ing Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ === Verb === going present participle and gerund of go (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. theatre-going, church-going, movie-going ==== Translations ==== === Noun === going (countable and uncountable, plural goings) A departure. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. Progress. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something). The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. ==== Derived terms ==== hard going, going, going, gone good going nice going ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === going (not comparable) Likely to continue; viable. Current, prevailing. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== going to === References === “going”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === oggin