Definitions

in progress

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begun adj.
current adj.
ongoing adj.
underway adj.

ADJECTIVE

begun

Synonyms

STRONG

going happening initiated proceeding working

WEAK

in motion in process operational operative under way

Antonyms

WEAK

latent prospective

ADJECTIVE

current

Synonyms

STRONGEST

modern ongoing present prevailing

STRONG

fad general in instant mod now ruling swinging

WEAK

accepted accustomed afoot circulating common knowledge customary cutting-edge doing existent extant fashionable going around hot in circulation in the mainstream in the news in use in vogue leading-edge on the front burner popular present-day prevalent rampant regnant rife state-of-the-art topical trendy up-to-date widespread

Antonyms

WEAK

antiquated old old-fashioned past uncommon uncontemporary

ADJECTIVE

ongoing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuing current growing open-ended successful

WEAK

advancing developing evolving extant heading in process marching progressing unfinished unfolding

Antonyms

WEAK

incontinuous infrequent intermittent stopping

ADJECTIVE

underway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afoot ongoing

WEAK

advancing begun commenced initiated moving started undertaken

Antonyms

WEAK

halted stopped

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in progress

“Your daddy is a work in progress, I’m a work in progress,” she sighs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Epoch-making, however, is a work in progress, with its ups and downs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Maresca will have wanted the win, no matter how it came, and City achieved it, even though it did carry a lot of the hallmarks of a work in progress.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The club hasn’t won the league since 2024—an eternity in the Abu Dhabi era—and its squad remains a work in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“If you find peace in progress, then peace was your ultimate goal, and that’s where you belong. And if you find pleasure in pain, I suspect you have bigger problems.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

in progress

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