going

¹go·ing

noun \ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ\

Definition of GOING

1

: an act or instance of going

2

plural : behavior, actions <for his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings — Job 34:21 (Authorized Version)>

3

: the condition of the ground (as for walking)

4

: advance toward an objective <when the going gets tough>

Examples of GOING

1. Debris in the street made the going difficult.
2. The going got better as we neared the town.
3. She wrote four books in two years, and that's pretty good going by any standards!

First Known Use of GOING

14th century

Related to GOING

Synonyms: advancement, furtherance, advance, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Antonyms: recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

Related Words: current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way; advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing; bound, jump, leap, step, stride; impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms: backwash, ebb, reflux; retraction, return, reversal, reverse; about-face, turnabout, turnaround

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Rhymes with GOING

bowing, knowing, rowing, sewing, showing