Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ongoing

/ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: on-go-ing
IPA: /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Continuing, permanent, lasting.

adj

Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

noun

Something that is going on; a happening.

verb

present participle and gerund of ongo

Example Sentences

""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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: on
Suffix: going

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/
British English: /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

on-going (alternative, nonstandard) ongoings (plural)

Derived Forms

ongoingly ongoingness

Phrases

ongoing covid

Synonyms

on-going

Questions

How do you pronounce ongoing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɑnˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/.
What does ongoing mean?: Continuing, permanent, lasting.
Where does ongoing come from?: From on + going, related to the phrasal verb go on.

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