going
Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
Verb 1 meaning
Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
“theatre-going, church-going, movie-going”
Noun 4 meanings
A departure.
The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
“The going was very difficult over the ice.”
Progress.
“We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.”
Conditions for advancing in any way.
“Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.”
Adjective 3 meanings
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.”
Current, prevailing.
“The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.”
Available.
“He has the easiest job going.”
Etymology
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.
GOING at a glance
GOING has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (G 2 + O 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #117 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with going
All rhymes- BEING8
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
- MAKING13
One letter away
- DOING7
- BOING8
- TOING6
- HOING9
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