What part of speech is going?

Going can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. going is a verb, gerund of go (infinitive).
  • 2. going is a noun, singular of goings.
  • 3. going is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

  • Infinitive: (to) go 
  • Present: go  / goes 
  • Simple Past: went 
  • Past Participle: (have) gone 
  • Gerund: going 

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • going 
    more going
    most going
  • Positive: going 
  • Comparative: more going
  • Superlative: most going

What does going mean?

Definitions

Adjective

going - in full operation; "a going concern"

Verb

go - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
go - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
go - pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call"
go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
go - be spent; "All my money went for food and rent"
go - be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
go - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
go - be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
go - be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
go - be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
go - be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"

Noun

going - advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding"

Examples of going

#   Sentence  
1. noun Persuading him was easy going.
2. noun I cannot endure your going.
3. noun The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year.
4. noun Nothing will stop his going.
5. noun There is nothing to prevent my going.
6. noun I object to her going there alone.
7. noun The thought of her going alone left me uneasy.
8. noun My brother died suddenly two years ago. Since then, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept the small jewelery store he left her going.
9. noun Everyone's going.
10. noun I don't like where this conversation's going.
11. noun The going was rough, but God was on my side.
12. noun How's life going?
13. noun How's studying Esperanto going?
14. noun You broke the computer. Nice going, genius.
15. noun You broke the computer. Nice going, Einstein.
16. adj. A going concern.
17. adj. Additional resources are being allocated and the situation is being closely monitored ( both for quarter end signoff and on going operations ).
18. adj. All systems are go.
19. verb The situation in Iraq is only going to get better this way.
20. verb Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
21. verb Everyone is apprehensive, there is some talk that April 9th and 10th are going to be bloody days.
22. verb I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again.
23. verb The dynamics of change in the state of health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident in all three countries - Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine - in the post-accident period is characterized by persistent negative tendencies: the morbidity rate is going up, the number of really healthy children is dropping, and disability is increasing .
24. verb It appears this guy is going to bring stability to the country and I think that's good news for the subcontinent."
25. verb Even there, many Kurds look and act as if they are going to grab the chance to vote them out of power.
26. verb But I also see that as a fatal misconception, which is doing Sunnis harm, because I don't believe the US is going anywhere so soon.
27. verb Any government that assumes power after the elections also realises this, so not even Sistani is going to call the US to withdraw its troops, despite what he is saying now, not until they are ensured the insurgency is out of the picture, or that they have an alternative foreign power (in this case Iran) to back them up.
28. verb I would suggest going for tribal Sheikhs rather than clerics, since they have the upper hand in their areas and can effectively root out any Ba'athists in their midst in return for a promise of sharing power and authority.
29. verb Keep it going.
30. verb They're going to talk about their kids, they're going to talk about football, they're going to talk about the weather.
31. verb Reporting from the town where Susan Polk's trial is going on.
32. verb I like to imagine the thought processes going on in W's head if he were to actually read the letter, but it is hard to picture him actually reading this letter.
33. verb Aren't they interested in the benefits of going to Heaven?
Sentence  
noun
Persuading him was easy going.
I cannot endure your going.
The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year.
Nothing will stop his going.
There is nothing to prevent my going.
I object to her going there alone.
The thought of her going alone left me uneasy.
My brother died suddenly two years ago. Since then, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept the small jewelery store he left her going.
Everyone's going.
I don't like where this conversation's going.
The going was rough, but God was on my side.
How's life going?
How's studying Esperanto going?
You broke the computer. Nice going, genius.
You broke the computer. Nice going, Einstein.
adj.
A going concern.
Additional resources are being allocated and the situation is being closely monitored ( both for quarter end signoff and on going operations ).
All systems are go.
verb
The situation in Iraq is only going to get better this way.
Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
Everyone is apprehensive, there is some talk that April 9th and 10th are going to be bloody days.
I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again.
The dynamics of change in the state of health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident in all three countries - Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine - in the post-accident period is characterized by persistent negative tendencies: the morbidity rate is going up, the number of really healthy children is dropping, and disability is increasing .
It appears this guy is going to bring stability to the country and I think that's good news for the subcontinent."
Even there, many Kurds look and act as if they are going to grab the chance to vote them out of power.
But I also see that as a fatal misconception, which is doing Sunnis harm, because I don't believe the US is going anywhere so soon.
Any government that assumes power after the elections also realises this, so not even Sistani is going to call the US to withdraw its troops, despite what he is saying now, not until they are ensured the insurgency is out of the picture, or that they have an alternative foreign power (in this case Iran) to back them up.
I would suggest going for tribal Sheikhs rather than clerics, since they have the upper hand in their areas and can effectively root out any Ba'athists in their midst in return for a promise of sharing power and authority.
Keep it going.
They're going to talk about their kids, they're going to talk about football, they're going to talk about the weather.
Reporting from the town where Susan Polk's trial is going on.
I like to imagine the thought processes going on in W's head if he were to actually read the letter, but it is hard to picture him actually reading this letter.
Aren't they interested in the benefits of going to Heaven?

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