going to
About to do
Going to indicates intention or expectation about the future: I'm going to call her tomorrow, It's going to rain.
In casual speech, often contracted to gonna.
The phrase can express determination I'm going to finish this or inevitability Someone's going to get hurt.
Distinguished from the literal sense of traveling toward a destination.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- shallModal verb of futurity
- expectConsider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- foreseePredict future events
forecast · likely · probably · imminent · impending · upcoming · soon · inevitable
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- shallModal verb of futurity
- expectConsider likely to occur
- anticipateExpect beforehand
foresee · forecast · likely · probably · imminent · impending · upcoming · soon · inevitable · certain
plan
Detailed proposal for achieving
purpose · decide · resolve · determination · goal · objective · headed · bound for · destined · en route
promise
Commitment to act
swear · dedicate · obligate · word · assurance · oath · bond · undertaking · devoted · determined
- future intentionswant to, aim to, will, shall, gonna
- intentionsgoals, aims, I will, purposes, I want
- future talkwill do, coming soon, up next, eventually, someday
- turning toseeking, consulting, deferring, invoking, resorting
- future tensesimple future, will be, will do, will have, will call
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent