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ongoing

[on-goh-ing, awn-]

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adjective

continuing without termination or interruption: ongoing research projects.

Origin:
1855–60; on + going, after the verb phrase go on

Synonyms
proceeding, uninterrupted, unbroken.

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Young said they could not comment on the consent decree because of ongoing negotiations.

In the ongoing national conversation about science education.

In order to support old people, some proportion of ongoing production will need to be consumed by them in an ongoing basis.

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Young said they could not comment on the consent decree because of ongoing negotiations.

In the ongoing national conversation about science education.

In order to support old people, some proportion of ongoing production will need to be consumed by them in an ongoing basis.

Regular meditation may increase smarts and stave off aging, according to an ongoing study.

Thinking about patients as ongoing products of evolution.

The fact that you have had ongoing terror in this beautiful, civilized part of the world was fascinating to me.

Getting rid of weeds before they set seed is important to prevent ongoing problems.

If it can get the gear off the backs of soldiers during an ongoing trial.

To be sure, it is preferable that all ongoing investigations proceed to their legal conclusion.

Those applying must have or demonstrate the potential to develop an ongoing research agenda.

Nuclear engineers are scarce in part because there has been little ongoing research to captivate students.

By helping to get the word out, you can inspire people to join an ongoing effort or start one of their own.

According to preliminary results from an ongoing long-term study of landscapes.

The ongoing conflict means that rampant looting of sites and smuggling of artifacts continue virtually unchecked.

That's as it should be, of course, since it's an ongoing catastrophe whose effects on.

Their rivalry is the longest ongoing rivalry in college football.

There is an ongoing national debate concerning how to best measure student learning outcomes in higher education.

The services then list the ongoing auctions for those items.

Gutscher says there are several pieces of evidence that tectonic activity is ongoing.

Ongoing study of these cells could lead to new treatments for winter.

Also ongoing displays on lace and lace-making tools.

Discussions are said to be ongoing with both of the remaining major labels.

The ongoing controversy over what to do about the financial meltdown has generated its defining cliche.

The best news of all may be the ongoing improvement in credit conditions.

The faraway find has dramatic implications for the ongoing search for other, possibly habitable planets, scientists said.

The technology is the product of an ongoing evolution stemming from antilock brakes.

These disasters forced the world to face the dangers of air pollution and inspired an ongoing movement for cleaner air.

The announcement will end an ongoing bitter race between the two groups in a tie.

These are ongoing or repeated actions, not tasks that once completed won't reoccur.

Ongoing problems in the power sector will not only fuel popular dissatisfaction, they will also worsen inflationary pressures.

For ongoing developments in the region, see our interactive map.

Computer scientists today are matched against spammers in an ongoing arms race.

Both the bird count and the hummingbird banding project are ongoing research projects.

But ongoing trends are likely to lend growing weight to the argument against this position.

His voice has been added to the ongoing dialogue about higher-education quality.

Japan's ongoing inability to prevent prices falling suggests the opposite task is rather less well understood.

Their ongoing annual expeditions to this area continue to recover important hominid and faunal remains.

The constant activity of nerve cells in the brain requires an ongoing supply of chemical energy.

Ongoing coverage of this historic excavation-including video clips.

However, the ongoing collision of marketing and social networks doesn't necessarily have to involve trickery or deception.

Discussion groups in your field can help you start an ongoing conversation.

Certainly, ongoing copyright protection for works that have been unavailable or that do not sell is absurd.

Witness an ongoing scientific study that shows how skin is important to attraction through chemistry.

Mobbing, particularly during the middle school years often results in ongoing abuse of today's teens.

The university's strength is the arts, so all kinds of performances and visual offerings are ongoing.

Finally, here is one of the best sites through which one can follow ongoing reports and commentary upon them.

Some of their ongoing funding is apparently tied to land.

The ongoing study will address more questions about benefits and risks of healthy modes of transportation.

The ongoing debate about how the pyramids were built is a testament to the brilliance of its makers.

So often, when you work under pressure, there's an ongoing conversation inside your head.

Perhaps a little less hope than if there was ongoing vigorous regeneration," he admits.

Ongoing restoration means that you might see some scaffolding-but even that can't take away from its greatness.

IT needs to have an ongoing training/support structure planned.

Tyson et al will be increasingly desirous of being rid of the ongoing expense of antibiotics, which cuts into profits.

Figuring out how memory works is an ongoing process that will keep neuroscientists occupied for decades.

It shows momentum, confidence, and ongoing scholarly activity.

Italy, pointed out that it cannot have an ongoing influence on us without violating relativity theory.

Ongoing eruptions there shut down roads all the time.

Ongoing aftershocks for days will continue to pose a risk to those remaining in weakened structures and others attempting rescue.

His reluctance to make definitive public statements on the secession crisis was an ongoing theme in his remarks on this journey.

Climate change didn't bring this fence, but it is providing a fresh reason for its existence and ongoing expansion.

He gives a few examples of ongoing and planned research.

But even as he dreams up new inventions, an ongoing patter in his head objects that they are stupidly obvious.

In each location, ongoing work will optimize the advisories.

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World English Dictionary

ongoing (ˈɒnˌɡəʊɪŋ)

—*adj*
1.	actually in progress: ongoing projects
2.	continually moving forward; developing
3.	remaining in existence; continuing

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Word Origin & History

ongoing

1877, from on + going (see go).

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