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Ongoing vs Undergo - What's the difference?

ongoing | undergo |

As an adjective ongoing

is continuing, permanent.

As a noun ongoing

is something that is going on; a happening.

As a verb undergo is

to go or move under or beneath.

ongoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • continuing, permanent
  • presently or currently happening; being in progress

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is going on; a happening.
  • * 1961 , Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure
    • 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.

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    undergo

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
  • To experience; to pass through a phase.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01-01
    • , author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore , title=Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48 , magazine= citation , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}
    The project is undergoing great changes.
  • To suffer or endure; bear with.
    • The victim underwent great trauma.
    She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.

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    * English irregular verbs