If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon.

You say that you are going to do something to express your intention or determination to do it.

You use the going to talk about how easy or difficult it is to do something. You can also say that something is, for example, hard going or tough going .

In horse racing and horse riding, when you talk about the going, you are talking about the condition of the surface the horses are running on.

The going rate or the going salary is the usual amount of money that you expect to pay or receive for something.

If someone or something has a lot going for them, they have a lot of advantages.

When you get going, you start doing something or start a journey, especially after a delay.

If you say that someone should do something while the going is good, you are advising them to do it while things are going well and they still have the opportunity, because you think it will become much more difficult to do.

If you keep going, you continue doing things or doing a particular thing.

If you can keep going with the money you have, you can manage to live on it.

If you say that something that has been achieved is good going or not bad going, you mean that it is better than usual or than expected.

If you say that something is enough to be going on with, you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment, although you will need something better at some time in the future.

You can use going on before a number to say that something has almost reached that number. For example, you can say that someone is going on 40 to indicate that they are nearly 40.