going to English

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What does going to mean?

Definitions in simple English

going to Expression

— If you are going to do something, you plan to do it. I'm going to go to the toilet. Tonight, we are going to talk about this interesting problem. Aren't you going to answer the phone? Where is he going to get the money?

— If you say something is going to happen, you think it is very likely to happen. Is it going to rain tomorrow? It's going to be very difficult to win the game. Don't worry! Nothing bad is going to happen. I want to start, but it's not going to happen this year.

going to phraseologicalUnit

— Forms a present progressive tense with a future aspect.

— past progressive

Synonyms going to synonyms

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going to English » English

will

about to

future

wish

want

vital

to

request

important

go to

demand

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Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Tense and aspect

Tense

• What words are used to indicate the future tense?
  will going to

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Agent-oriented modalities

• intention: the agent intends to carry out the action of the main verb: 'Sam's gonna take Sanskrit next semester'.
  gonna going to intend to