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gonna.

A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡən.ə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡʌn.ə/US/ˈɡɔn.ə/US/ɡən.ə/unstressed
  1. A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.

    auxiliary · colloquial
    I'm gonna hafta find a new job soon.
Where this word comes from

Contraction of going to. Attested since 1913 (OED, "gonna"). The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).

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