going
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of go
I'm afraid I must be going.
- 2.
(in compounds)(in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
theatre-going, church-going, movie-going
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A departure.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
The going was very difficult over the ice.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Progress.
We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
- 4.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(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.
(countable, in plural, uncountable)(in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)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.
(not comparable)Current, prevailing.
The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
- 3.
(especially, not comparable)(especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
He has the easiest job going.
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Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (to go), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with geanend, gaand, gehend, gående, gående.