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From on + going , related to the phrasal verb go on .
ongoing (not comparable )
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.
Presently or currently happening ; being in progress .
continuing, permanent
Bulgarian: продължаващ (bg) ( prodǎlžavašt )
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: jatkuva (fi)
French: continuel (fr) , permanent (fr) , continu (fr)
Galician: continuo (gl) m
German: ständig (de) , permanent (de) , andauernd (de) , anhaltend (de) , immerwährend (de) , fortlaufend (de)
Italian: continuo (it)
Korean: 지속적인 ( jisokjeogin )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pågående (no) , løpende (no)
Polish: w toku
Portuguese: contínuo (pt) , em curso , em andamento
Romanian: neîntrerupt (ro) , continuu (ro) , necontenit (ro)
Russian: постоя́нный (ru) ( postojánnyj ) , непреры́вный (ru) ( neprerývnyj ) , продолжа́ющийся (ru) ( prodolžájuščijsja )
Spanish: continuo (es) , continuante
Ukrainian: безпере́рвний (uk) ( bezperérvnyj ) , безупи́нний (uk) ( bezupýnnyj )
presently or currently happening; being in progress
Bulgarian: в процес на ( v proces na )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進行 中 的 / 进行 中 的 ( jìnxíng zhōng de )
Danish: igangværende
Dutch: lopend (nl) , in uitvoering
Finnish: meneillään oleva
French: actuel (fr) , en cours (fr)
Galician: actual (gl) m or f
German: laufend (de) , gegenwärtig stattfindend , derzeitig stattfindend
Italian: attuale (it) , in corso
Korean: 진행중인 ( jinhaengjung'in )
Maori: moroki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pågående (no)
Polish: w toku
Portuguese: em andamento , corrente (pt) , em curso
Russian: происходя́щий в настоя́щее вре́мя ( proisxodjáščij v nastojáščeje vrémja )
Spanish: actual (es) , en progreso , en curso , en desarrollo
Swedish: pågående (sv)
ongoing (plural ongoings )
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.
something that is going on
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tapahtuma (fi)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
ongoing
( rare ) present participle and gerund of ongo