Meaning & use
going
Currently available, active, or in common use, especially referring to a prevailing price or practice.
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The going rate for a freelance editor is around fifty dollars an hour.
That style of house is no longer the going trend in the neighborhood.
A note on using this word
Going in this sense usually appears just before a noun, as in 'the going rate' or 'the going price.'
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The condition of the ground, or of general circumstances, as it affects progress or ease of movement.
The going got tough once the trail turned steep and rocky.
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