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goings

goings is the plural of going.

Meaning of going

Noun

going (countable and uncountable, plural goings)

  1. A departure.
    • Māna-Yood-Sushāī was before the beginning of the gods, and shall be after their going. […] After the going of the gods there will be no small worlds nor big.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC
  2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
    • The going was very difficult over the ice.
  3. Progress.
    • We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price.
  4. (figuratively) Conditions for advancing in any way.
    • Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
  5. (in plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
    • His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 34:21
  6. The whereabouts (of something).
    • I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?

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Proper noun capitalized: Goings

Goings

  1. (plural) plural of Going

Phrases with goings

Questions about goings

What is goings the plural of?
Goings is the plural of going.
What part of speech is goings?
Goings is a proper noun.

Words near goings in the dictionary

  1. going-over
  2. going-overs
  3. going-to
  4. going-tos
  5. goingover
  6. goings
  7. goings on
  8. goings over
  9. goings-on
  10. goings-over
  11. Goins

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