Going to
Speech parts
1. Going to - Noun
2. Going to - Phrase
Meaning
Forms a present progressive tense with a future aspect together with the near-synonym 'to be soon to'
I’m going to throw out the milk if nobody’s going to drink it.
Entails a past progressive action that preceded an ensuing occurrence or action in the past.
I was going to cut the grass, but it started raining.
going-to (plural going-tos)
(countable) Promised future actions or achievements.
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going-to
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Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain.
I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
Remember that you are going to die.
Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.
You can't claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it.