goingnoun
uk/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/going noun (SPEED)
[ U ] how quickly you do something:
The traffic was terrible so it was slow going.
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Speed of motion
- airspeed
- at full/half throttle idiom
- brisk
- burst
- celerity
- clip
- fleet
- ground speed
- haste
- momentum
- rapid
- rate
- speed
- speedy
- swift
- throttle
- top
- velocity
- zip
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going noun (DIFFICULTY)
[ U ] how easy or difficult something is:
She's obviously very intelligent, but her lectures are heavy going (= they are difficult to understand).
At first the job was hard going (= difficult), but it's got easier with time.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- farce
- footing
- matrix
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- practicality
- scheme
- situation
- snapshot
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing
going noun (GROUND)
[ U ] UK the condition of the ground for walking or riding, etc.:
After an inch of rain at the racecourse overnight, the going is described as good to soft.
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Working hours
- after hours idiom
- clock
- clock in
- clock out
- flexible working
- flexitime
- nine
- office hours
- opening hours
- opening time
- overtime
- part-time
- part-timer
- punch
- rush hour
- time clock
- timesheet
- unsocial
- week
- work-life balance
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going noun (LEAVING)
[ S ] an occasion when someone leaves somewhere:
His going came as a shock.
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Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- landfall
- outflow
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Idiom(s)
when the going gets rough/tough
when the going gets tough, the tough get going
while the going is good
goingadjective [ after noun ]
uk/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/UK available or existing:
I wouldn't trust him if I were you - he's the biggest crook going (= he's the most dishonest person that exists).
I don't suppose there's any left-over pie going, is there?
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Available and accessible
- accessible
- at your command idiom
- availability
- available
- be there for sb idiom
- beg
- bookable
- come
- come out
- hand
- nothing
- on hand idiom
- on stream idiom
- open (sth) up
- person
- ready
- ready to hand idiom
- ready-made
- release
- vacant possession
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the going rate/price/salary etc.
the usual rate, price, etc. at a particular time:
£30 an hour is the going rate for a piano teacher.