continual
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3.5
- adjective
- /kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/
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continuo
- More striking than the slow development of individual parcels was the continual alteration of existing houses.
- continual improvement
- continual progress
- continual growth
And it's, it's continual conflict that was going on.
- And it's, it's continual conflict that was going on.
- So this is part of a continual improvement program.
- The Korean people are one of those states that was under continual attack for, you know, decades.
- And I feel like the strength in that is just that continual push that we give to ourselves.
- You want continual challenges for yourself.
- So the good part about that is I've always felt investing is continual learning.
- Are all your fees like one time fees or are there any that are continual?
- And that's because you're not emotionally charging yourself up for that goal on a continual basis.
- Lacking confidence in its candidate, the DNC waged continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself.
- They're not the same level of threat, but what they are is a continual reminder that you can't switch off.
- This is essential and we have to make time and space for the continual introspection as we engage in service with others.
Examples
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Christianity would certainly agree on the continual need to change society for the better.
Academic text (1992) -
Your garden should have continual care.
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People in the state of nature may have regular and continual contact with one another.
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And I feel like the strength in that is just that continual push that we give to ourselves.
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You want continual challenges for yourself.
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This keeps the government, and, as such, the people, in a continual state of debt.
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The purpose of the audit is to increase productivity over time through continual improvement practices.
Academic text (1992) -
And that challenge comes from the continual transformations of daily life by developments in science and technology.
Academic text (1992) -
Like human beings, stars are born, grow old, and die in a continual process of creation and dissolution.
Academic text (1991) -
The project requires continual attention to ensure its success.
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening often or many times
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2.5
Happens all the time without stopping
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4.9
Lasting for a long time and not stopping easily
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3.9
Happens again at regular times
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6.3
Happening all the time without stopping
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5.3
Continuing for a long time and often returning
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4.7
Happening again and again, often at regular times
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4.4
Happening at regular times
Happens again and again over time
Happening over a long time and not finished
Antonyms
How Frequent
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Morphology
Etymology
Continual comes from the same root as continue and the Latin parts con- ('together') and tenere ('to hold'), so it originally meant to 'hold on' or keep going. That's why continual describes things that keep happening again and again, often with short breaks between them.