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adjective
1.
uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
2.
being in immediate connection or spatial relationship: a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.
3.
Grammar. progressive (def. 7).
Origin:
1635–45; < Latin continuus uninterrupted, equivalent to contin(ēre) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold; compare contain) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; compare -ous, contiguous
1635–45; < Latin continuus uninterrupted, equivalent to contin(ēre) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold; compare contain) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; compare -ous, contiguous
Related forms
con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb
con·tin·u·ous·ness, noun
non·con·tin·u·ous, adjective
non·con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb
non·con·tin·u·ous·ness, noun
EXPANDqua·si-con·tin·u·ous, adjective
qua·si-con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·con·tin·u·ous, adjective
sem·i·con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb
un·con·tin·u·ous, adjective
un·con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb
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Continuously
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- We continuously strive to enhance the learning environment on campus.
- But there is no air resistance in the vacuum of space, and the sun shines continuously.
- The artists continuously check their work against photographs to ensure that freckles, moles, and wrinkles are accurately placed.
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World English Dictionary
| continuous (kənˈtɪnjʊəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | prolonged without interruption; unceasing: a continuous noise |
| 2. | in an unbroken series or pattern |
| 3. | maths Compare discontinuous See also limit (of a function or curve) changing gradually in value as the variable changes in value. A function f is continuous if at every value a of the independent variable the difference between f(x) and f(a) approaches zero as x approaches a |
| 4. | statistics Compare discrete (of a variable) having a continuum of possible values so that its distribution requires integration rather than summation to determine its cumulative probability |
| 5. | grammar another word for progressive |
| [C17: from Latin continuus, from continēre to hold together, | |
| usage Both continual and continuous can be used to say that something continues without interruption, but only continual can correctly be used to say that something keeps happening repeatedly | |
| con'tinuously | |
| —adv | |
| con'tinuousness | |
| —n | |
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