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  2. GOING TO definition: intending to do something in the future, or being certain or expecting to happen in the future: . Learn more.

  3. Going to: future. We can use a present form of be + going to + the base form of a main verb to talk about the future. We use it for plans and intentions, predictions and commands: I’m going to buy a new car next week. (plan or intention) You’re not going to do all this in an hour.

  4. We use be going to to talk about future plans and intentions. Usually the decision about the future plans has already been made: She’ s going to be a professional dancer when she grows up. I’ m going to look for a new place to live next month.

  5. About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now , or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here . This phrase is used with a verb ( start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense.

  6. Definition of 'be going to' be going to. phrase A2. If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon. I think it's going to be successful. You're going to enjoy this. I'm going to have to tell him the truth. Are they going to be alright? See full dictionary entry for going.

  7. Going to is one of the ways to talk about the future. It means the intention to do something in the future. to be going to + infinitive. We normally but "going to" into the present or the past. In the present tense the verb be becomes am, is, are depending on the pronoun.

  8. The meaning of BE GOING TO is —used to talk about what will happen or could happen. How to use be going to in a sentence.