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Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it.
- I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining.
- Mary is going to have another baby. I'll most probably have blue eyes, because both parents do.
- I’ve already agreed on a price, so I’m going to buy it regardless.
- I’ve been going to stop by for ages, but I’ve only just found time.
- I have been told about a row house going to be available soon.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, going, to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It's getting late; I must be going to my grandma's.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English goyng to, first attested in 1483—some earlier attestations have been claimed, though these are disputed—and grammaticalized over the course of the Early Modern period. Possibly influenced by the comparable use of Middle French aller (“go”), which arose somewhat earlier and is preserved in modern French.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
যাওয়া
(jaōẇa)
— will (future tense)
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Catalan:
anar a
— will (future tense)
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Chinese Mandarin:
會 /会
(huì)
— will (future tense)
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Chinese Mandarin:
將會 /将会
(jiānghuì)
— will (future tense)
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Chinese Mandarin:
將要 /将要
(jiāngyào)
— will (future tense)
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Dutch:
gaan
— will (future tense)
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Finnish:
present tense of the main verb
— will (future tense)
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French:
aller
— will (future tense)
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German:
werden
— will (future tense)
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Greek:
πάω
(páo)
— will (future tense)
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Ancient Greek:
μέλλω
(méllō)
— will (future tense)
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Hungarian:
fog
— will (future tense)
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Irish:
chun
— will (future tense)
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Korean:
ᄅ 것이다
(-l geosida)
— will (future tense)
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Low German:
gahn
— will (future tense)
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Portuguese:
ir
— will (future tense)
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Russian:
собира́ться
(sobirátʹsja)
— will (future tense)
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Russian:
намерева́ться
(namerevátʹsja)
— will (future tense)
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Serbo-Croatian:
ići
— will (future tense)
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Spanish:
ir a
— will (future tense)
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Swedish:
komma att
— will (future tense)
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Swedish:
ska
— will (future tense)
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Tamil:
போ preceded by infinitive
(pō)
— will (future tense)
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Chinese Mandarin:
本來想 /本来想
(běnlái xiǎng)
— past progressive
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Dutch:
past tense of gaan
— past progressive
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Finnish:
past tense of aikoa
— past progressive
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Hungarian:
úgy volt, hogy
— past progressive
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Swedish:
past tense of ska
— past progressive
