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(Compare go for.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I could go a beer right about now."},{"definition":"To urinate or defecate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?"}],"synonyms":["become","change into","turn","cross","draw","drift","fare","move","tread","wend","date","go out (with)","see","function","operate","work","make one's move","move","take one’s turn"],"antonyms":["freeze","halt","remain","stand still","stay","stop"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A departure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Thy going is not lonely, with thee goes thy Husband"},{"definition":"The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The going was very difficult over the ice."},{"definition":"Progress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price."},{"definition":"Conditions for advancing in any way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant."},{"definition":"Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(in the phrase \"the going of\") The whereabouts (of something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you?"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Likely to continue; viable.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern."},{"definition":"Current, prevailing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour."},{"definition":"(especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He has the easiest job going."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/going"]}]