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going

4 3.2

Operating and able to continue as a business

adjective
/ˈɡoʊɪŋ/

: en funcionamiento

The bakery is still a going concern, serving customers every day.

Examples

Investors are interested as long as the enterprise is a going concern.
Despite the challenges, the company remains a going business in the community.
The business is going strong this quarter.
Her bakery has been going for over ten years.
Despite facing many obstacles, the company has remained a going business, continually serving its loyal customers.
Investors are confident that the firm is a going concern, demonstrating steady growth in profits.
The restaurant is considered a going establishment, bustling with patrons every evening.

Synonyms

underway

vsgoing

188 4.1

Happening right now

is specific to a business being fully operating and making progress

under way

vsgoing

156 3.0

Already started and continuing now

is used for a business that is fully operating and making progress

Antonyms

closing

167 2.5

Happening at the end of an event or period

Idioms

going to the movies

140 1.0

An activity of visiting a cinema to watch a movie

going backward

47 3.7

Moving back to an earlier state instead of making progress

not going to lie

Slang

18 8.3

A phrase that shows the next thing you say is honest

going to be sick

3 3.0

Feeling like you will throw up

going to Oz

Literature

1 9.9

To imagine being in a happy, magical place to escape real life

Compounds

going away

26 3.2

Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time

going rate

19 3.5

The usual price or wage for something at a particular time

going ashore

11 3.5

Leaving a boat or ship to step onto land

tough going

Informal

7 5.3

A situation or task that is hard to do

going-out-of-business sale

2 3.5

A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing

going-over

1 4.9

A careful check of something to find problems

going-over

1 7.4

A strong scolding you get for doing something wrong

heavy going

1 7.1

Hard to understand or slow to get through

steady-going

1 4.9

A person who stays calm and acts in a reliable way

going under

1 8.1

A boat or ship sinks below the water

going to Jerusalem

Baby Talk

7.4

A children's game where players walk around chairs, sit when music stops, and one player leaves each round

How Operational

thriving

55 3.8

going

4 3.2

operational

90 4.1

to start up

86 3.0

inactive

19 2.5

Surface Forms

going positive

Morphology

going = go (semi-transparent) = go + ing

The transformation from 'go' to 'going' as an adjective meaning 'operating' is not directly inferable from the verb 'go'.

Etymology

Going comes from the old verb gān, which meant 'to move' or 'continue', so a 'going' business is one that is still moving and working and therefore in full operation.