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   con·tin·u·al

   /kənˈtiny(o͝o)əl/

   adjective

   • 1. frequently recurring; always happening: "his plane went down after continual attacks" Similar repeatedfrequentrecurrentrecurringoft repeatedregularconstantpersistentnonstopinformal:more … than one can shake a stick atOpposite occasionalsporadic
   • ▪ having no interruptions: "some patients need continual safeguarding" Similar constantcontinuousendlessunendingnever-endingperpetualperennialeternaleverlastingceaselessincessantunceasingsustainedongoinguninterruptedunbrokenround-the-clockunremittingunabatingrelentlessunrelentingunrelievedchronicinterminableOpposite temporarymomentary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French continuel, from continuer ‘continue’, from Latin continuare, from continuus (see continuous).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › continualContinual Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of CONTINUAL is continuing indefinitely in time without interruption. How to use continual in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Continual.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONTINUAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CONTINUAL definition: 1. happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not convenient way: 2. happening repeatedly…. Learn more.

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   Continual definition: of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent. See examples of CONTINUAL used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCONTINUAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping. The school has been in continual use since 1883. They felt continual pressure to perform well. Despite continual pain, he refused all drugs. Synonyms: constant, endless, continuous, eternal More Synonyms of continual. continually adverb [usually ADVERB with verb]

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCONTINUAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not convenient way: continual problem I've had continual problems with this car ever since I bought it. I'm sorry - I can't work with these continual interruptions. Compare. sporadic. Fewer examples. His continual demands for sympathy became quite a strain on his friends.

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   1. Recurring regularly or frequently: continual improvements in technology. 2. Not interrupted; steady: a process that requires continual monitoring. con·tin′u·al·ly adv. Synonyms: continual, continuous, ceaseless, constant, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial.

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   The adjective continual describes something that's recurring, that happens again and again. If your pet wolf keeps up his continual howling all night, your neighbors will let you know about it. Something continual doesn't seem to stop.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcontinual adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Definition of continual adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Continual usually describes an action that is repeated again and again. The difference between these two words is now disappearing. In particular, continual can also mean the same as continuous and is used especially about undesirable things: Life was a continual struggle for them.

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    continual meaning, definition, what is continual: continuing for a long time without stopp...: Learn more.