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Dictionary: go·ing   ('ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. Departure: comings and goings.
  2. The condition underfoot as it affects one's headway in walking or riding: Once we left the trail the going was rough.
  3. Informal. Progress toward a goal; headway: It was easy going during my senior year.
adj.
  1. Working; running: a machine in going order.
  2. In full operation; flourishing: a going business.
  3. Current; prevailing: The going rates are high.
  4. To be found; available: the best products going.
idiom:

going on

  1. Approaching: The child is six, going on seven years of age.


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(Brit.)
1. The horizontal distance between two consecutive risers of a step.
2. Of a stair or flight, the horizontal distance between the first and last risers, i.e., the run.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Act of departing; Advancing toward a goal; Euphemistic expressions for death.

pronunciation Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Misspellings: going
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Common misspelling(s) of going

  • gonig
  • oging
  • goign
  • gogin

Translations: Going
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - det at gå
adj. - gående, i gang, på vej, som findes, gængs

idioms:

  • be going on    være i gang
  • be going to    være på vej til, stå i begreb med
  • get going    komme i gang
  • going concern    arbejdende virksomhed, igangværende virksomhed
  • going down    på vej ned
  • good going    godt, godt gået
  • hard going    hårdt arbejde, slid
  • have a lot going for    have mange jern i ilden
  • while the going is good    mens legen er god, så længe det går godt

Nederlands (Dutch)
het gaan, vertrek, toestand (van terrein), (vooruit)gang, in werking gezet, gangbaar, voorhanden, bestaand

Français (French)
n. - départ, état du sol, (fig) conditions, circonstances, progrès, processus
adj. - en cours, actuel, (Comm) sain (une affaire), sur le marché (un modèle), en vie

idioms:

  • get going    commencer, agir, augmenter la vitesse
  • going concern    affaire prospère, affaire florissante
  • going down    de haut en bas, péricliter
  • going on    approcher (l'âge de), en cours de progrès, se déroulant maintenant
  • going to    avoir l'intention de, sur le point de se produire maintenant/dans le futur, avançant vers
  • good going    (lit, fig) être rapide, affaire prospère, affaire qui marche
  • have a lot going for    avoir beaucoup de choses à son actif, avoir beaucoup d'atouts
  • to be going on with    avoir de quoi faire pour le moment
  • while the going is good    (Aut, etc) traversons pendant que nous le pouvons ou que la circulation le permet, (fig) (partir) pendant que la voie est libre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abreise, Beschaffenheit, Vorwärtskommen
adj. - erhältlich, gängig

idioms:

  • get going    sich ans Werk machen
  • going concern    gesunde Firma
  • going down    hinuntergehend
  • going on    fast, geschehen, was ist hier los?
  • going to    werden, etwas tun wollen, etwas wird geschehen, etwas wird vorkommen
  • good going    gutgehend
  • have a lot going for    viel haben, was für einen spricht
  • to be going on with    etw. für den Anfang od. fürs erste
  • while the going is good    solange es noch geht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πορεία, ταχύτητα εν λειτουργία, μετάβαση, πηγαιμός, συνθήκες (εδάφους, εξελίξεων κ.λπ.)
adj. - τρέχουσα (τιμή), δραστήριος

idioms:

  • be going on    πλησιάζω (κάποια ηλικία)
  • be going to    πρόκειται να...
  • get going    αρχίζω, ξεκινώ
  • going concern    επιχείρηση σε κανονική λειτουργία, ανθούσα επιχείρηση
  • going down    παρακμάζων, δύων, φθίνων, πτωτικός
  • good going    πρίμα η δουλειά/υπόθεση
  • hard going    δύσκολα τα πράγματα
  • have a lot going for    έχω πολλά ατού
  • while the going is good    (καθομ.) όσο είναι καιρός ακόμα, όσο τα πράγματα πάνε καλά

Italiano (Italian)
corrente

idioms:

  • be going on    succedere
  • be going on with    accomunarsi a
  • be going to    stare per
  • be heavy going for    fare il tifo per
  • going concern    impresa attiva
  • going down    discendente
  • going on fifteen    essere sui quindici
  • hard/tough going    essere difficile
  • have a lot going for you    avere buone carte in mano
  • while the going is good    finché dura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - andamento (m), partida (f), modo (m) de andar, idas e vindas (f pl)
adj. - em funcionamento, existente

idioms:

  • a lot going for    ter muitas vantagens
  • be going on    estar continuando
  • be going on with    estar indo adiante com
  • be going to    ser quase (hora)
  • be heavy going for    desejoso por
  • get going    ir andando
  • going concern    empresa (f) em funcionamento
  • going down    pôr-se (o sol), render-se, deixar a universidade, acalmar-se
  • hard/tough going    difícil (de lidar)
  • while the going is good    enquanto está tudo bem

Русский (Russian)
ходьба, скорость передвижения, отъезд, уход, состояние дороги, идущий, передвигающийся, действующий, текущий, действительный, процветающий

idioms:

  • a lot going for someone/something    иметь множество преимуществ
  • be going on    приближаться (к дате, событию)
  • be going on with    продолжать делать что-л.
  • be going to    собираться сделать что-л.
  • be heavy going for    нечто дающееся с большим трудом
  • get going    двигаться вперед
  • going concern    действующее предприятие
  • going down    опускаться, идти вниз, полностью проиграть
  • hard/tough going    трудный
  • while the going is good    пока существует благоприятная возможность

Español (Spanish)
n. - partida, salida, condición de las rutas, progreso, avance
adj. - que funciona bien, actual, activo, en marcha, en funcionamiento

idioms:

  • get going    comenzar
  • going concern    un negocio que marcha, una empresa que funciona bien, próspero
  • going down    descendente, hacia abajo, empeorando
  • going on    estar acercándose, estar ocurriendo, estar en curso, acercándose a los... (edad)
  • going to    ir a (hacer), estar por (suceder), intentando hacer algo, estando por suceder, yendo hacia
  • good going    andar suave, andar ligero
  • have a lot going for    tener mucho a favor, tener mucho en juego
  • to be going on with    sucedió con, continuando con, estar saliendo con alguien, estar de pareja de alguien
  • while the going is good    antes que sea demasiado tarde, aprovechando el buen momento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gående, gång, före, terräng
adj. - som är i (full) gång, som står att få, nuvarande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
去, 工作情况, 离去, 进行中的, 现存的, 流行的

idioms:

  • be going on    举动, 行为, 发生的事情
  • be going to    要, 将要, 会
  • get going    出发, 实行, 使开动
  • going concern    开张营业的商店
  • going down    下跌, 平静
  • good going    做得不错, 做得很好
  • hard going    困难, 辛苦
  • have a lot going for    有很多优点...
  • while the going is good    及时行动

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 去, 工作情況, 離去
adj. - 進行中的, 現存的, 流行的

idioms:

  • be going on    舉動, 行為, 發生的事情
  • be going to    要, 將要, 會
  • get going    出發, 實行, 使開動
  • going concern    開張營業的商店
  • going down    下跌, 平靜
  • good going    做得不錯, 做得很好
  • hard going    困難, 辛苦
  • have a lot going for    有很多優點...
  • while the going is good    及時行動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 출발, 진행, 영업, 속도, 도로 상태
adj. - 움직이는, 성업 중인, 영업 중인, 현행의, 현존하는

idioms:

  • be going on    거의 ~이 다 되다
  • be going to    ~할 것이다
  • get going    출발하다, 시작하다
  • going down    ~를 여행하다
  • have a lot going for    이득이 많다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ゴーイング, 行くこと, 歩行, 旅行, 出立, 出発, 従事, 行為, 進行ぶり, 道路の状態
adj. - 活動中の, 進行中の, 現行の, 現にいる, 手に入る, 出発する, 現在手に入る

idioms:

  • be going on    ほとんど…になる
  • be going on with    続けて~する
  • be going to    …しようとするところ
  • get going    出かける, 取りかかる
  • going concern    継続企業
  • going down    降りる, 落ちる
  • going for a song    捨て身で行く
  • going right    うまくいく
  • going round and round    ぐるぐる
  • going strong    元気に暮らす
  • hard/tough going    厳しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مغادرة, ذهاب (صفه) مزدهر, نشط, ناضج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הליכה, הסתלקות, תנאי הנסיעה, תנאי הדרך, מהירות הנסיעה‬
adj. - ‮קיים, נכנס לפעולה, פועל, עכשווי‬


 
 
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