ongoing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   currently happening

   There was an ongoing economic crisis in the country.

2. 2
   adj

   Continuing, permanent, lasting.

   "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.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that is going on; a happening.

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of ongo

Etymology

From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.