ONGOING

ongoing, on-going

(adjective) currently happening; “an ongoing economic crisis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ongoing (not comparable)

Continuing, permanent, lasting.

Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

Noun

ongoing (plural ongoings)

Something that is going on; a happening.

Verb

ongoing

(rare) present participle of ongo

Anagrams

• going on

Source: Wiktionary


On"go`ing, n.

Definition: The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events. The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life. Prof. Wilson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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