# going

Pronunciation: say "GOH-ing" US /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/, UK /ˈɡəʊɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of go. — present participle and gerund of go
   - Simple: Present participle of go. Use this form for something happening right now.
   - _The children are going to school despite the storm._
   - _Prices are going up faster than wages this year._
8. Attending or visiting a particular place or event regularly or habitually.
   - Simple: Visiting a place or event often, as a regular habit.
   - _Going to the same summer festival every year became a family tradition._
   - _She credits her fitness to going to the pool each morning._

## Adjective

2. Currently in effect or prevailing at the present time.
   - Simple: Common or normal at the present time.
   - _The going rate for freelance editing has climbed sharply this year._
   - _Few buyers will pay more than the going market price._
6. Available to be had; currently on offer.
   - Simple: Able to be had or found right now.
   - _Critics called it the finest restaurant going in the whole city._
   - _He took the steadiest job going and never looked back._
7. Likely to continue operating; viable as an ongoing business.
   - Simple: Still working well and likely to last.
   - _The auditors confirmed the company remained a going concern._
   - _Investors prefer to buy a going concern rather than start from scratch._

## Noun

3. The rate or manner of progress being made.
   - Simple: How fast or how well something is moving forward.
   - _She read three long novels in a single week, which is pretty good going._
   - _The team made steady going on the project all week._
4. The conditions that make advancing easier or harder in any undertaking.
   - Simple: How easy or hard it is to move ahead with something.
   - _Negotiations slowed once the going became difficult for both sides._
   - _She thrives precisely when the going is hardest._
5. The act of leaving or departing.
   - Simple: The act of leaving a place.
   - _His sudden going took the entire family by surprise._
   - _They marked her going with a small farewell party._
9. The condition of the ground as it affects riding, walking, or racing across it.
   - Simple: How good the ground is for riding or walking on.
   - _Heavy going slowed every horse in the field._
   - _The trainer preferred firm going for his fastest runner._
10. On a staircase, the horizontal distance from the front of one step to the front of the next.
   - Simple: On a staircase, the flat distance from the front of one step to the next.
   - _Building codes set a minimum going for each tread on a staircase._
   - _A generous going makes a long staircase far easier to climb._
11. A person's course of life, conduct, and habitual ways.
   - Simple: The way a person lives and behaves.
   - _Her steady going earned the respect of everyone in the village._
   - _The diary recorded the daily goings of a restless, searching mind._
12. The place where something is or has ended up, used in the phrase "the going of."
   - Simple: Where something is or where it has gone, in the phrase "the going of."

## Origin

The verb form comes from Middle English "goinge" (with variants like "gayng"), from Old English "gānde", the present participle of the Proto-Germanic root "*gāną" ("to go"): essentially "go" plus "-ing". It is related to Dutch "gaand", German "gehend", and Swedish "gående", all meaning "going", while the noun and adjective likewise formed from "go" plus "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/going (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).