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ongoing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [ɔ̟nˈɡɐʉ̯.əŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ɔnˈɡo.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ɔnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ Southern US, Midland US, without the cot–caught merger
  • /ɒnˈɡoː.ɪŋ/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɒnˈɡɐʉ.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɔnˈɡəwɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɔnˈɡəʉ.ɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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. 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 50:
  2. (not-comparable) Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
on-going alternative, nonstandard lexicographic

Deriveds

ongoingness · ongoingly · ongoing covid

Translations (62)

fr continu (continuing, permanent) · de fortlaufend (continuing, permanent) · uk безпере́рвний (continuing, permanent) · sv pågående (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · fr actuel (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ru постоя́нный (continuing, permanent) · es transcurriente (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ro necontenit (continuing, permanent) · pt corrente (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · bg в процес на (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · de ständig (continuing, permanent) · bg продължаващ (continuing, permanent) · nb pågående (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · gl continuo (continuing, permanent) · nb løpende (continuing, permanent) · ru происходя́щий в настоя́щее вре́мя (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · pl w toku (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · pt contínuo (continuing, permanent) · es continuante (continuing, permanent) · nb pågående (continuing, permanent) · de anhaltend (continuing, permanent) · es corriente (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es presente (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ru продолжа́ющийся (continuing, permanent) · es continuo (continuing, permanent) · pt em andamento (continuing, permanent) · de permanent (continuing, permanent) · de andauernd (continuing, permanent) · fr permanent (continuing, permanent) · fi jatkuva (continuing, permanent) · es en marcha (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · it attuale (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es en desarrollo (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · nl lopend (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · pt em curso (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ko 진행중인 (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · nl in uitvoering (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ru непреры́вный (continuing, permanent) · it in corso (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · cmn 進行中的 /进行中的 (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es andante (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · ko 지속적인 (continuing, permanent) · de derzeitig stattfindend (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · pt em andamento (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es en curso (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · mi moroki (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es en progreso (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · de gegenwärtig stattfindend (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · fr en cours (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · fr continuel (continuing, permanent) · it continuo (continuing, permanent) · ro continuu (continuing, permanent) · gl actual (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · de immerwährend (continuing, permanent) · ro neîntrerupt (continuing, permanent) · pt em curso (continuing, permanent) · pl w toku (continuing, permanent) · uk безупи́нний (continuing, permanent) · da igangværende (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · fi meneillään oleva (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · es actual (presently or currently happening; being in progress) · de laufend (presently or currently happening; being in progress)

ongoing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [ɔ̟nˈɡɐʉ̯.əŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ɔnˈɡo.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ɔnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ Southern US, Midland US, without the cot–caught merger
  • /ɒnˈɡoː.ɪŋ/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɒnˈɡɐʉ.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɔnˈɡəwɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɔnˈɡəʉ.ɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.

Meanings

  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. 1961, Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
on-going alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
ongoings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi tapahtuma (something that is going on)

ongoing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [ɔ̟nˈɡɐʉ̯.əŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ɔnˈɡo.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ɔnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ Southern US, Midland US, without the cot–caught merger
  • /ɒnˈɡoː.ɪŋ/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
  • /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɒnˈɡɐʉ.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɔnˈɡəwɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ɔnˈɡəʉ.ɪŋ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present, rare) present participle and gerund of ongo
    form of ongo

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
on-going alternative, nonstandard lexicographic