ongoing
//ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- ongoings
Definitions
1.Continuing, permanent, lasting.
- "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.
2.Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
1.Something that is going on; a happening.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2884
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.