English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ongoing (not comparable)
- Continuing, permanent, lasting.
- 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 50:
- "Major refurbishments will be made over the next ten years. We have nine wooden viaducts along the line - it's an ongoing programme," he says.
- Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]continuing, permanent
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presently or currently happening; being in progress
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Noun
[edit]ongoing (plural ongoings)
- Something that is going on; a happening.
- 1961, Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure:
- We shall not be concerned here with the specific electrical or chemical changes that take place, but only with the fact of continuous ongoings as one of the elements for building a format of dynamic structure.
Translations
[edit]something that is going on
Verb
[edit]ongoing
- (rare) present participle and gerund of ongo
Anagrams
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