ongoing

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ongoing (comparative more ongoing, superlative most ongoing)

1. continuing, permanent
2. presently or currently happening; being in progress

Translations

continuing, permanent

• Finnish: jatkuva (fi)
• French: continuel (fr), permanent (fr)
• German: ständig (de), permanent (de)

• Korean: 지속적인 (jisokjeogin)
• Romanian: neîntrerupt (ro), continuu (ro), necontenit (ro)
• Russian: постоянный (ru) (postojánnyj), непрерывный (ru) (neprerývnyj), продолжающийся (prodolžájuščijsja)

presently or currently happening; being in progress

• Dutch: lopend (nl)
• Finnish: meneillään oleva
• French: actuel (fr), en cours (fr)

• German: laufend (de)
• Korean: 진행중인 (jinhaengjung-in)
• Russian: происходящий в настоящее время (proisxodjáščij v nastojáščeje vrémja)

Noun

ongoing (plural ongoings)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• going on