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GOING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of departing
Synonyms:
departure; going; going away; leaving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("going" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "going"):
breaking away (departing hastily)
farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting (the act of departing politely)
French leave (an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell))
disappearance; disappearing (the act of leaving secretly or without explanation)
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
sailing (the departure of a vessel from a port)
boarding; embarkation; embarkment (the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft)
exit (the act of going out)
despatch; dispatch; shipment (the act of sending off something)
takeoff (a departure; especially of airplanes)
Derivation:
go (move away from a place into another direction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Advancing toward a goal
Example:
the proposal faces tough sledding
Synonyms:
going; sledding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("going" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Derivation:
go (pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example:
thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms:
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("going" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Derivation:
go (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In full operation
Example:
a going concern
Classified under:
Similar:
active (full of activity or engaged in continuous activity)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb go
Context examples:
We’ve made at least ten knots, and we’re going twelve or thirteen now.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“You ain't a-going to let me inside, cap'n?” complained Long John.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Why, Watson, I do honestly believe that we are going to pull it off, after all.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And then with an overpowering sweetness of relief, it came back upon my mind that the servants were already used to the coming and going of my second self.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you had trouble going to sleep at night or staying asleep through the night?
(MDS-UPDRS - Sleep Problems, NCI Thesaurus)
In the university whither I was going I must form my own friends and be my own protector.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Animal drugs that are marketed without going through the standard drug approval process.
(Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species, NCI Thesaurus)
Difficulty in going to sleep or getting enough sleep.
(Insomnia, NCI Dictionary)
A question about the frequency an individual feels or felt that things were going their way during the last month.
(How Often Felt Things Going Your Way in the Last Month, NCI Thesaurus)
Going home with a new baby is exciting, but it can be scary, too.
(Infant and Newborn Care, NIH)
