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• present participle of go.

going

American  

[goh-ing] / ˈgoʊ ɪŋ /

noun

• goings
  plural

1. the act of leaving or departing; departure.

   a safe going and quick return.

2. the condition of surfaces, as those of roads, for walking or driving.

   After the heavy rain, the going was bad.

3. progress; advancement.

   With such slow going, the work is behind schedule.

4. Usually goings. behavior; conduct; deportment.

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adjective

1. moving or working, as machinery.

2. active, alive, or existing.

3. continuing to operate or do business, especially in a successful manner.

   a going company.

4. current; prevalent; usual.

   What is the going price of good farmland in this area?

5. leaving; departing.

idioms

1. going away, by a wide margin, especially as established in the late stages of a contest.

   The champion won the bout going away.

2. get going, to begin; get started.

3. going on,

   1. nearly; almost.

      It's going on four o'clock.

   2. happening.

      What's going on here?

   3. continuing; lasting.

      That party has been going on all night.

going British  

/ ˈɡəʊɪŋ /

noun

1. a departure or farewell

2. the condition of a surface such as a road or field with regard to walking, riding, etc

   muddy going

3. informal speed, progress, etc

   we made good going on the trip

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adjective

1. thriving (esp in the phrase a going concern )

2. current or accepted, as from past negotiations or commercial operation

   the going rate for electricians

   the going value of the firm

3. (postpositive) available

   the best going

4. a statement by an auctioneer that the bidding has finished

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• goings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of going

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; see go ¹, -ing ¹, -ing ²

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Example Sentences

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going goings

A 200-megawatt AI training campus costs roughly $8.2 billion, about two-thirds of that amount going for IT equipment and about one-third toward real estate and associated power infrastructure costs, according to Van Nieuwerburgh’s research.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Now, many of them are going electric, especially in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Witness Leon Dalziel-Bush, who saw the crash from his own vehicle, said the Volvo was going at such speed that "by the time I processed what had happened, it had gone".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“When you price for perfection, anything less than perfect is going to come back and is going to bite you, and this is kind of what’s happening here,” he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

I smile at the thought of the two of us going to the same conservatory.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Several hundred thousand social-media followers track her comings and goings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Some of the players were not happy with the goings on.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

The estimates, which cover the 12-month period ended in mid-2025, also uncovered some surprises regarding the comings and goings between states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Meyer owns and operates the Record, managing a staff of only seven that reports on the comings and goings of the city of Marion’s 1,900 or so residents.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

C. J. Peters observed the comings and goings at the gas station.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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