Definition of "going to" [going to]

• Will. Forms the future tense. (verb)
• Forms the past progressive (imperfect) to indicate definite non-completion. (verb)

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• "She hung up before I could give her a number, so I figured that I probably wasn't going to be hearing from Carter Paragon in the near future, or even the distant future."
• "You're going to stand trial for the deaths of your flock, for the killing of Jack Mercier and his wife and friends, for the murders of Curtis and Grace Peltier."
• "Somehow, I got the feeling that Harvey Ragle was going to be getting some California sunshine in the near future."