ongo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And it ongoes far longer than Bill had intended."
- "we made way through town the main street blocked by broken houses and a smashed water main and stopping tried get policeman^([sic]) shoot a wounded horse but owner thought was still possibly worth saveing^([sic]) and onwent up toward mountain pass that leads to little catalan city of falset para"
- "In two other senses, however, the astrophysical creation story ongoes still:"
- "The discussion of the appropriateness of using the finite verb forms in examples (28) and (29) shows that the lexicalization process continues (or indeed “ongoes”), and it also gives some indication as to how the introduction process actually works in CMC."
Etymology
From on- + go. Compare West Frisian oangean, Dutch aangaan, German Low German angahn, German angehen, Swedish angå.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: on
Inflected Forms
Phrases
on-go
Frequently Paired Words
on-go