continuous
141
3.7
- adjective
- /kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
:
continuo
- Participants uniformly reported this task as difficult, but all were able to produce continuous speech during the recording.
- continuous improvement
- continuous variable
- continuous coverage
What you get is a continuous low rumble.
- What you get is a continuous low rumble.
- safe from being immersed in continuous thought processes.
- Do you have any advice for someone struggling with continuous anxious thoughts?
- Well, we are sustained by oxygen, by this continuous chemical reaction.
- Today we are all surrounded by a continuous loop of negative information.
- Contemplation is the continuous use of your thought process.
- That's what we call a continuous degree of freedom.
- Like I'm on a continuous path of failing.
Examples
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Our daily lives depend on the continuous and safe delivery of technological services and products.
Academic text (2011) -
This is a nice clean continuous function here on the bottom.
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Our life has been one continuous travel day for a month now.
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The wall at that end of the room has a continuous run of YA books.
Academic text (2011) -
Have a strong, continuous line, keep the pen on the paper.
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The mother may suffer from a chronic condition that requires continuous medication.
Academic text (2011) -
The unchangeable and continuous faith of the Church in history points to its living relationship with God.
Academic text (2011) -
Yesterday I hadn't even noticed how continuous the descent was; now every step up spoke to me.
Fiction book (1991) -
While portable, hand-sized machines exist, they cannot be used for continuous monitoring of moving patients.
Academic text (2011) -
The marathon runner maintained a continuous pace, never stopping for a break.
Synonyms
198
2.5
Happens all the time without stopping
42
1.3
Continuing without any stops or pauses
30
6.3
Happening all the time without stopping
28
4.2
Continuing without stopping or being disturbed
22
3.9
Lasting a long time without stopping or getting weaker
10
3.9
Without stopping in time or space
9
4.9
Not stopping or pausing for a long time
1
6.0
Continuing without stopping
Happening without stopping
Happening without stopping for a period of time
Expressed without pauses or breaks
Happening over a long time and not finished
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.5
A way of often putting new code into a shared place and testing it automatically
- Archaic
An idea that new matter is created so the universe keeps the same density as it expands
- Specialized
Keeping a radio on all the time to listen for important messages
- Specialized
A verb tense using has or have been plus -ing for actions started in the past and still continuing
How Continuous
30
4.9
10
3.9
141
3.7
401
3.5
47
3.9
35
6.5
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Continuous comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and tenere ('to hold') and is the same root as continue, so it originally meant things 'held together' with no break. That's why continuous now means 'without interruption'.