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ongoing
/ˈɑnˌɡoʊɪŋ/
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What does ongoing mean?
adjective
- Continuing, permanent, lasting.
- Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
noun
- Something that is going on; a happening.
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verb
- (rare) present participle and gerund of ongo
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑnˌɡoʊɪŋ/
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Castro has complained that the ongoing CEMA reform process has interfered with the regular flow of goods to Cuba.
Spanish economists believe that structural adjustments due to the ongoing integration of the European market are likely to lead to more displaced workers.
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How sadly unlike the whole-hearted ongoing of the seeker after gold is this partial, compulsory mountaineering!—as if the mountain treasuries contained nothing better than gold!
The very nature of experience as an ongoing, changing process forbids.