going
Likely to continue; viableLikely to continue; viable.
» I don't approve of such goings-on.
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3 senses(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.
(not comparable)Current, prevailing.
The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour.
geltend
(especially, not comparable)Available.
He has the easiest job going.
- in full operation
Examples
4 sentencesI don't approve of such goings-on.
"I don't know. I don't keep track of their comings and goings."
I don't keep track of her comings and goings!
It was an ordinary year, no especial disappointments. Just the run of the mill goings-on of a dual-income household.
Translations
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Origin
Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, froVerb 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 West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”).
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