going to
phraseEtymology
From Middle English goyng to, first attested in 1483—some earlier attestations have been claimed, though these are disputed—and grammaticalized over the course of the Early Modern period. Possibly influenced by the comparable use of Middle French aller (“go”), which arose somewhat earlier and is preserved in modern French.
Definitions
Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame
Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.
- I'm going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it.
- I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining.
- Mary is going to have another baby. I'll most probably have blue eyes, because both parents do.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see be, going, to.
- It's too late, I must be going to my grandma's.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for going to. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA