gooding
gooding is the present participle and gerund of good.
Meaning of good
Verb
good (third-person singular simple present goods, present participle gooding, simple past and past participle gooded)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Gooding
Gooding (plural Goodings)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Gooding
Gooding
- An unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Gooding County, Idaho, United States.
Forms of gooding
| plural | Goodings |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Godding |
| alternative form | Goding |
| alternative form | Goodinge |
| alternative form | Goodings |
Origin of gooding
From the Old English hypocorism Gōding, from gōd (“god”) + -ing (“diminutive suffix”).
Words formed from gooding
Questions about gooding
- What does gooding mean?
- Gooding means a surname.
- What is gooding the present participle and gerund of?
- Gooding is the present participle and gerund of good.
- What part of speech is gooding?
- Gooding is a proper noun.
Words near gooding in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gooding (page history and authors); Gooding (page history and authors); good (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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