ongoing development

collocation in English

meaningsofongoinganddevelopment

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ongoing
adjective
uk
/ˈɒŋˌɡəʊ.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈɑːnˌɡoʊ.ɪŋ/
continuing to exist or develop, or happening at the ...
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development
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
us
/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofongoinganddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This agenda in itself is a valuable contribution to theongoingdevelopmentof parental leave policies and related research.
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Evaluation consists of a determination of the extent to which proximal goals have been achieved, and further elaboration of plans forongoingdevelopment.
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The later implementations will also serve as the basis for supportingongoingdevelopmentof new rags applications and resources.
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Because of theongoingdevelopmentwork, event generators retain their provisional status.
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Ongoingdevelopmenthas swept away the wharves and the merchant houses of the past.
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Division of these organelles was also seen, which is consistent with theongoingdevelopmentof post-harvest, recalcitrant seeds.
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This is, ofcourse, anongoingdevelopmentand various stages are being planned where basic systems will be available.
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This may simply be in support ofongoingdevelopmentor to assist in self-healing, self-optimization or self-protection.
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This would also contribute to succession planning, ensuringongoingdevelopmentof appropriate expertise.
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Theories and concepts that guide and support the course'songoingdevelopmentare also presented.
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Our upbringing has supplied us with such competence to some degree, but it can be sustained and developed by ethics education andongoingdevelopmentof the relevant skills and sensitivities.
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Indeed,ongoingdevelopmentrequires an "open" system, one which inputs free energy from the environment, uses it for matter-energy transformations, and exports it in degraded form.
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However, this does not detract from an otherwise excellent volume which is a major contribution to theongoingdevelopmentin the field of language variation and change.
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For instance, after fifty years, it seems quite clear that the 'classical music' establishment has done practically nothing to embrace electroacoustic music as part of itsongoingdevelopment.
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He also sawongoingdevelopmentas involving context-based awareness of which technique or strategy is appropriate for a particular individual or class in a particular place.
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What kind of understanding can be constructed from these different starting points and how is theongoingdevelopmentof this understanding constrained, facilitated, or transformed by experiences across time?
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We regard their involvement in theongoingdevelopmentof strategies as indispensable.
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The development land tax provisions are framed in a way to avoid inhibitingongoingdevelopment.
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We support theongoingdevelopmentof multifunctional efforts to promote peace.
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