ONGOING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ongoing mean? 

• ONGOING (adjective)
  The adjective ONGOING has 1 sense:

1. currently happening

  Familiarity information: ONGOING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONGOING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Currently happening

Synonyms:

on-going; ongoing

Context example:

an ongoing economic crisis

Similar:

current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)

 Context examples 

The brightest clump in the middle of the tail contains at least 200,000 stars, triggered by the ongoing gas loss from the galaxy.

(Hubble Sees Plunging Galaxy Losing Its Gas, NASA)

These indicate ongoing damage to the brain cells and their connections.

(Inflammation in the brain linked to several forms of dementia, University of Cambridge)

Provides information on prevention, treatment, and ongoing clinical trials to cancer patients and their families, people at risk for cancer, and health professionals.

(Cancer Information Service, NCI Thesaurus)

Previous observations had already recorded variations in the amount of dust around the star, hinting at possible ongoing asteroid collisions.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)

This fuels modest ongoing star birth at half the rate of our Milky Way.

(Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy, NASA)

Among the ongoing mysteries about Titan is how these lakes are formed.

(Cassini's Final View of Titan's Northern Lakes and Seas, NASA)

Whether it formed in a low-mass stellar region like Serpens, or a high-mass stellar region like Orion, is an ongoing mystery.

(The 'Serpent' star-forming cloud hatches new stars, NASA)

The discovery was made by the CERN Large Hadron Collider b-quark (LHCb) experiment group, one of several ongoing particle physics experiments at the laboratory.

(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)

There may be an ongoing cause of pain, such as arthritis or cancer.

(Chronic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

An indication or description that the concomitant medication usage is ongoing.

(Concomitant Medication Ongoing, NCI Thesaurus)