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ongoing

How many syllables in ongoing?

  3 syllables

Divide ongoing into syllables:   on-go-ing
Primary syllable stress:   on-go-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   on-go-ing
How to pronounce ongoing:   on-go-ing
How to say ongoing:

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