Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Likely to continue; viable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Current, prevailing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Available.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A departure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Progress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Conditions for advancing in any way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
The whereabouts (of something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of go
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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verb
Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
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noun
the act of departing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: departure, going away, leaving
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
Narrower terms: breaking away, farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting, French leave, disappearance, disappearing, withdrawal, sailing, boarding, embarkation, embarkment, exit, dispatch, despatch, shipment, takeoff
noun
advancing toward a goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sledding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accomplishment, achievement
noun
euphemistic expressions for death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, release
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: death, decease, expiry
History
Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
