Meaning & use
ongoing
Continuing to happen or develop, without having reached an end.
See it in a sentence
The company is undergoing ongoing renovations that should finish by summer.
Police described the investigation as ongoing and declined to share further details.
A note on using this word
Ongoing typically precedes a noun, as in "ongoing negotiations," and describes something still in progress rather than repeated occasionally.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
finishedcompleted
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