going
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
- Informal
- The report details the going of the construction work and emphasizes how smoothly everything is progressing.
Examples
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The teacher praised the students for their excellent going during the project, noting how much they had accomplished.
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I'm not too involved in the goings on at the house.
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After half a century, it was no longer news; its comings and goings were reported routinely, like the weather.
Fiction book (2001) -
My mother was delighted by all these goings-on, but my father wasn't; he wanted me to be a preacher.
Fiction book (1998) -
Newsle is a free app that keeps you updated on the goings-on of your LinkedIn connections.
Blog text (8) -
Each story is interwoven with the comings and goings, marriages and matings of all sorts of people.
Academic text (2006) -
Her constant going to the gym this month has helped her improve her fitness levels significantly.
Synonyms
∞
2.5
Forward change toward a goal or better state
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
2
3.5
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players walk around chairs, sit when music stops, and one player leaves each round
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Going comes from the verb go, meaning 'to move forward', so when we speak of steady 'going' we mean progress toward a goal or how easy that progress is, which is why we say 'tough going' for slow progress.