going on

go·ing on

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [goh-ing on, awn]
- /ˈgoʊ ɪŋ ɒn, ɔn/
- /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ ɒn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goh-ing on, awn]
- /ˈgoʊ ɪŋ ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of going on words

verb without object going on to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus. 1
verb without object going on to leave a place; depart: People were coming and going all the time. 1
verb without object going on to keep or be in motion; function or perform as required: Can't you go any faster in your work? 1
verb without object going on to become as specified: to go mad. 1
verb without object going on to continue in a certain state or condition; be habitually: to go barefoot. 1
verb without object going on to act as specified: Go warily if he wants to discuss terms. 1

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Origin of going on

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English gon, Old English gān; cognate with Old High German gēn, German gehen

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Parts of speech for Going on

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Going on

going on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for going on

adj going on

afoot — If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.
consecutive — Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption.
cooking — Cooking is food which has been cooked.
for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
in order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.

noun going on

continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.

preposition going on

approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.

adjective going on

extending — Present participle of extend.
neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
numerical — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.

adverb going on

happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
on — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.

All 15 Synonyms of going on