Definitions for ongoing
ˈɒnˌgoʊ ɪŋ, ˈɔn-on·go·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ongoing, on-goingadjective

   currently happening

   "an ongoing economic crisis"

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1. ongoingadjective

   Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ongoingnoun

   Something that is going on; a happening.

2. ongoingadjective

   continuing, permanent

3. ongoingadjective

   presently or currently happening; being in progress

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1. ongoing

   Ongoing refers to an action, event, or situation that continues to happen, take place or evolve over a period of time. It indicates a process or activity that is constantly progressing or changing.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ongoing

   on′gō-ing, n. a going on: course of conduct: event: (pl.) proceedings, behaviour.

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1. going on

How to pronounce ongoing?

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How to say ongoing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ongoing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ongoing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ongoing in a Sentence

1. Emory University:

   If you're releasing mosquitoes for doing control and on top of that you have to do mosquito spraying, then in a way you're killing your investment, you're releasing mosquitoes that cost money but at the same time you cannot stop helping people. So how this integration of genetically modified mosquitoes works in the context of ongoing control activity, I think it's still an open question.

2. Alan Brown:

   An informal complaint was made through command channels, and the commander has already assigned an investigating officer and the investigation is ongoing, the command is extremely sensitive to any allegations that involve equal opportunity or discrimination and will investigate every allegation.

3. Mike Fregoe:

   It started out as a small project for fun, and it's morphed into the ongoing snow saga, and it's a great thing that makes everybody smile and happy, and we're having fun with it still.

4. Tomoharu Oka:

   Investigations of gas motion with radio telescopes may provide a complementary way to search for dark black holes, the ongoing wide area survey observations of the Milky Way with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope and high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have the potential to increase the number of black hole candidates dramatically.

5. Grant Newsham:

   Capabilities haven't developed as quickly or as fully as they might, the Symposium will hopefully coalesce these ongoing but somewhat disjointed efforts towards amphibious capability.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ongoing
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=ongoing
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ongoing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ongoing