ongoing

Etymology

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

adj

1. Continuing, permanent, lasting.
   "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. August 12 2020, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 50
2. Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

noun

1. Something that is going on; a happening.
   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. 1961, Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure

verb

1. (rare) present participle and gerund of ongo