ongoing
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈɔŋˌɡoʊɪŋ/
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continuo
- That said, however, the investigation is ongoing.
- ongoing process
- on an ongoing basis
- ongoing support
Your vocation is an ongoing question, is it not?
- Your vocation is an ongoing question, is it not?
- And that clash has been ongoing for for millennia.
- Those two are going to have this ongoing connection through that.
- So this video has actually been ongoing since mid-May.
- This is a process that is still ongoing within Western consciousness.
- It's been ongoing since March of last year.
- It's in our, you know, ongoing ideas about these characters.
- And it just creates this ongoing conflict and messiness.
- Well, that's the they have the ongoing wound, which is what trauma means.
- Like I said, it's an ongoing creation process.
- Like, let it be an ongoing, fluid experience.
- to explore the long and ongoing history of freedom struggles.
- Maybe human civilization is an ongoing process of consensus.
- But, you know, there was an ongoing fight to resist that.
- Why does this nostalgia thing give toxic people such ongoing power in our lives?
- So there is this conversation of ongoing colonial aggression.
Examples
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It's just an ongoing investigation.
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It's about providing ongoing access to this service.
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It's been ongoing since March of last year.
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This is an ongoing research issue right now.
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And then we'll bring our attention back to the ongoing conversation.
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Like I said, it's an ongoing creation process.
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One major factor in the evolving role of gardens will be the ongoing effects of climate change.
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Cohort members truly appreciate the active, ongoing support and learn to trust each other.
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According to investigating officer Henry Osborne, the investigation is considered active and ongoing.
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The ongoing project aims to improve the city's infrastructure.
Synonyms
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4.1
Happening right now
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3.0
Already started and continuing now
Happening without stopping for a period of time
Happening over a long time and not finished
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.0
A regular check during a project that shows progress and helps people decide
How Continuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ongoing comes from on + the verb go, so it literally means 'going on' or 'continuing'. That's why we use ongoing for something that is happening now and has not finished.