ongoing
English
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Etymology
From on + goingCategory:English compound terms#ONGOING, related to the phrasal verb go on.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ongoing (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ONGOINGCategory:English adjectives#ONGOINGCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#ONGOINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with entries#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ONGOING
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ONGOING
- Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
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Noun
ongoing (plural ongoings)Category:English lemmas#ONGOINGCategory:English nouns#ONGOINGCategory:English countable nouns#ONGOINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with entries#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ONGOING
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ONGOING
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Verb
ongoingCategory:English non-lemma forms#ONGOINGCategory:English verb forms#ONGOINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with entries#ONGOINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ONGOING