going

«going» in Mova's school dictionary: Moving or travelling somewhere; leaving — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun (the going, goings); adjective (going)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb form) Moving or travelling somewhere; leaving. tree →

2) (going to + verb) Used to talk about the future or a plan, as in «I'm going to read». tree →

3) (noun) How easy or hard it is to move or make progress, as in «the going was hard». tree →

4) (adjective) Working, available or usual now, as in «the going rate», «the best one going». tree →

5) (in phrases) «Going, going, gone!» at an auction; «get going» = start; «keep going» = don't stop; «comings and goings» = people arriving and leaving. tree →

sense in the lessons

One of the most common words in English. In school it is used for plans («What are you going to do?») and for perseverance («keep going»). In maths, «going up in twos» means counting 2, 4, 6. Informally «gonna» is how «going to» sounds in fast speech. In stories, «while the going is good» means leave while you still can.

examples

• I'm going to the park. tree →
• We are going to have a test on Friday. tree →
• Keep going — you're nearly at the top! tree →
• The going was hard through the deep snow. tree →
• «Going, going, gone!» said the auctioneer. tree →
• The numbers are going up in fives: 5, 10, 15, 20. tree →
• Toad was always going somewhere in a hurry. tree →
• Let's get going before it rains. tree →
• There were comings and goings at the house all night. tree →
• "Where are you going?" said Rose-Red. tree →

note

«Going to» + verb = future plan or prediction (It's going to rain). Spoken quickly, it sounds like «gonna», but write «going to» in school. Past of go is «went», past participle «gone». «Going» on its own can also mean leaving: «I must be going».

In the corpora

• The minimum payment barely covers the interest, so paying only the minimum keeps a debt going for years.
• "Going out with someone" means two people are a couple who spend time together because they like each other a lot.
• Many people pay every month for a gym and then stop going, because starting a habit is easy and keeping it is hard.
• A speed camera photographs cars going over the limit, and the driver must pay a fine and may get points on their licence.
• A worried mind keeps going back to the same thing, so worried adults can be distracted until the news comes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «going» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.