ongoing

Ongoing is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

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Adjective

Positive ongoing

Comparative more ongoing

Superlative most ongoing

1. Something is ongoing if it's continuing to happen without stopping in one long period of time.

   The growth of bones is still ongoing at age 12.

   The development of the new way of doing this is ongoing.

Synonyms

• continuing

Antonyms

• punctuated
• sporadic