Definition of "going" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of go

   • I'm afraid I must be going.

2. (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

   • theatre-going, church-going, movie-going

noun

1. A departure.

2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.

   • The going was very difficult over the ice.

3. Progress.

   • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.

4. (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.

   • Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.

5. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.

6. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).

   • I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?

7. The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.

   • Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.

adjective

1. Likely to continue; viable.

   • He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.

2. Current, prevailing.

   • The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.

3. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.

   • He has the easiest job going.