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Webster 1913 Edition

Going

Go′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of moving in any manner; traveling;
as, the
going
is bad
.
2.
Departure.
Milton.
3.
Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
Crew.
4.
pl.
Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings
.
Job xxxiv. 21.

Webster 1828 Edition

Going

GO'ING

,
ppr.
[from go.] Moving; walking; traveling; turning; rolling; flying; sailing, &c.

GO'ING

,
Noun.
The act of moving in any manner.
1.
The act of walking.
2.
Departure.
3.
Pregnancy.
4.
Procedure; way; course of life; behavior; deportment; used chiefly in the plural.
His eyes are on the ways of man, and he seeeth all his goings. Job.34.
5.
Procedure; course of providential agency or government.
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. Ps.68.
Going out,
Goings out, In scripture, utmost extremity or limit; the point where an extended body terminates. Num.34.5.9.
1.
Departure or journeying. Num.33.

Definition 2024

going

going

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Verb

going

  1. present participle of go

Etymology 2

From Middle English, present participle of gon

Noun

going ‎(plural goings)

  1. A departure.
    • Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband
  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. (figuratively) Conditions for advancing in any way.
    Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  5. (obsolete) pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Crew to this entry?)
  6. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
    • Bible, Job 34.21:
      His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

Adjective

going ‎(not comparable)

  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. That attends habitually or regularly.
  3. Current, prevailing.
    The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
  4. (chiefly after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.
    He has the easiest job going.
    • 2013, Natalie Dormer, interview on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:
      Craig: Did you look at Tudor life? did you do a lot of studying about that?
      Natalie: Yeah, I was really geeky about it, I read every single book that was going.
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Most common English words before 1923: night · mind · heart · #204: going · knew · seen · better

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