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What (who) is going - definition
going
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Going (disambiguation)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon.
I think it's going to be successful...
You're going to enjoy this...
I'm going to have to tell him the truth...
Are they going to be alright?
PHRASE
2.
You say that you are going to do something to express your intention or determination to do it.
I'm going to go to bed...
He announced that he's going to resign...
I was not going to compromise.
PHRASE
3.
You use the going to talk about how easy or difficult it is to do something. You can also say that something is, for example, hard going or tough going.
He has her support to fall back on when the going gets tough...
Though the talks had been hard going at the start, they had become more friendly.
N-UNCOUNT: the N, adj N
4.
In horse racing and horse riding, when you talk about the going, you are talking about the condition of the surface the horses are running on.
The going was soft; some horses found it hard work.
N-UNCOUNT: oft the N
5.
The going rate or the going salary is the usual amount of money that you expect to pay or receive for something.
She says that's the going rate for a house this big...
That's about half the going price on world oil markets.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
see also go
7.
If someone or something has a lot going for them, they have a lot of advantages.
This area has a lot going for it...
I wish I could show you the things you've got going for you.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
8.
When you get going, you start doing something or start a journey, especially after a delay.
Now what about that shopping list. I've got to get going.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If you say that someone should do something while the going is good, you are advising them to do it while things are going well and they still have the opportunity, because you think it will become much more difficult to do.
People are leaving in their thousands while the going is good.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you keep going, you continue doing things or doing a particular thing.
I like to keep going. I hate to sit still.
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
If you can keep going with the money you have, you can manage to live on it.
Things were difficult, and we needed her wages to keep going.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If you say that something is enough to be going on with, you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment, although you will need something better at some time in the future. (mainly BRIT)
It was a good enough description for Mattie to be going on with.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
13.
You can use going on before a number to say that something has almost reached that number. For example, you can say that someone is going on 40 to indicate that they are nearly 40.
PHRASE: PHR num
14.
see also comings and goings
Going
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Going (disambiguation)
·noun Departure.
II. Going ·noun Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
III. Going ·noun Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
IV. Going ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Go.
V. Going ·noun The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.
VI. Going ·add. ·p.pr. Of or pert. to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company.
VII. Going ·add. ·p.pr. Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance;
- chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, ·etc.
VIII. Going ·add. ·p.pr. That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate.
going
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Going (disambiguation)
¦ noun
1. the condition of the ground viewed in terms of suitability for horse racing or travel.
2. conditions for, or progress in, an endeavour: when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
¦ adjective
1. chiefly Brit. existing or available; to be had.
2. (of a price) fair or correct; current: the going rate.
Examples of use of going
1. We‘re going to know. We‘re going to know precisely what‘s going to happen.
2. We‘re going on, we‘re going strong, and we‘re going all the way.
3. CLINTON KEEPS GOING Clinton indicated she was going to keep going.
4. Is it going to Shi‘ite groups?'4; It is going to Sunni groups?'4; Is it going to Zarqawi–related people?'4; Who‘s it going to?
5. All people like Abdel Wahid. [If] Abdelwahid says we are going, we are going. [If] Abdelwahid says we are not going, we are not going.