Going | Mean of going in English Dictionary

/ˈgowɪŋ/

• Noun
• the act of leaving a place
1. We were disappointed to learn of her going. [=departure]
• the condition of the ground for walking, running, etc.
1. The muddy ground made for slippery going. [=the muddy ground was slippery]
2. Debris in the street made the going difficult.
3. The going got better as we neared the town.
• forward movement, speed, or progress
1. She wrote four books in two years, and that's pretty good going by any standards!

• the activity of people arriving at and leaving a place
1. I sat and watched the comings and goings of the other museum visitors.
• living or existing
1. He's the best novelist going.
2. They make the best chili going. [=the best chili that there is]
• current or usual
1. What's the going price?
2. They offered to pay the going rate [=the rate usually paid] for her services.
• coming closer to (something, such as an age)
1. Their daughter is six years old going on seven.
2. It's going on 10 years since I saw him last. [=I haven't seen him for almost 10 years]