as in inspections
a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition
received a thorough going-over before being sent on stage
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goings-over
Noun
-
Taiwan is considering the years-long process of restarting two reactors because of the current crisis, which will require meticulous inspections, safety checks and control system verifications.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
The Fire Department’s annual brush clearance inspections began April 1, so now’s the time to clean it out before any inspection.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Daejeon officials released social media videos showing rescuers pulling the limp wolf from a ditch and placing it in a carrier, and the animal undergoing medical examinations at the zoo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
-
The findings, a year in the making, represent one of the most self-critical examinations any elite university has publicly undertaken.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
While thermometers are generally cheap and easy to install, some manufacturers were concerned about creating additional audits.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
-
The state Public Utilities Commission would have to consider the audits’ findings before agreeing to raise customer rates to cover even more wildfire spending.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Leveraging this method has long been awaited by cosmologists, but only in recent years has data for both the CMB and for large-scale structure surveys become robust enough to yield a meaningful result like this.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
-
The party began the surveys out of concern that Democrats could be shut out of the governor’s race because of California’s unique primary system, where the top two vote-getters in the June 2 primary move on to the November general election regardless of political party.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Goings-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goings-over. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
