{
  "ongoing":{
    "being in progress or development":{
      "examples":[
        "we do seem to be making some headway on that ongoing project",
        "the ever ongoing quest for knowledge by men and women of science"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "afoot",
        "proceeding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "functioning",
        "happening",
        "operating",
        "working",
        "afloat",
        "alive",
        "going",
        "advancing",
        "continuing",
        "gaining"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "receding",
        "regressing",
        "retrogressing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "arrested",
        "ended",
        "halted",
        "stalled",
        "stopped"
      ]
    },
    "existing or in progress right now":{
      "examples":[
        "the ongoing presidential campaign"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "current",
        "extant",
        "immediate",
        "instant",
        "present",
        "present-day"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "contemporary",
        "mod",
        "modern",
        "modernistic",
        "new",
        "newfangled",
        "new-fashioned",
        "recent",
        "red-hot",
        "space-age",
        "supermodern",
        "ultramodern",
        "up-to-date",
        "being",
        "breathing",
        "existent",
        "existing",
        "living"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coming",
        "future",
        "unborn",
        "completed",
        "concluded",
        "done",
        "ended",
        "finished",
        "over",
        "terminated",
        "through",
        "up",
        "ancient",
        "antediluvian",
        "antiquated",
        "antique",
        "archaic",
        "dated",
        "fusty",
        "musty",
        "noncontemporary",
        "obsolete",
        "old",
        "oldfangled",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old-time",
        "out-of-date",
        "outworn",
        "pass\u00e9",
        "ago",
        "bygone",
        "erstwhile",
        "former",
        "past"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
      "examples":[
        "an ongoing commitment to improving their community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "ageless",
        "continuing",
        "dateless",
        "enduring",
        "eternal",
        "everlasting",
        "immortal",
        "imperishable",
        "lasting",
        "perennial",
        "perpetual",
        "timeless",
        "undying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ceaseless",
        "endless",
        "permanent",
        "changeless",
        "constant",
        "stable",
        "stationary",
        "steady",
        "unchanging",
        "unvarying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "antiquated",
        "archaic",
        "dated",
        "obsolete",
        "outdated",
        "outmoded",
        "out-of-date",
        "outworn",
        "pass\u00e9"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}