ongoing

== English == === Alternative forms === on-going (nonstandard) === Etymology === From on +‎ going, related to the phrasal verb go on. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ɔnˈɡəwɪŋ/ (Northern US or cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ (Southern US, Midland US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɔnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɔnˈɡəʉ.ɪŋ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɒnˈɡɐʉ.əŋ/, [ɔ̟nˈɡɐʉ̯.əŋ] (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋɡ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɔnˈɡo.ɪŋ/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ɒnˈɡoː.ɪŋ/ === Adjective === ongoing (not comparable) Continuing, permanent, lasting. Presently or currently happening; being in progress. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ongoing (plural ongoings) Something that is going on; a happening. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ongoing (rare) present participle and gerund of ongo === Anagrams === going on