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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).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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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.

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

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

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › continualCONTINUAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent. continual bus departures. 2. happening without interruption or cessation; continuous in time. SYNONYMS 1. successive, recurrent, repetitive, repetitious. 2. unceasing, ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, unremitting, unbroken, permanent, unending.

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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.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitioncontinual adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Continuous and continuously describe something that continues without stopping. Continual and continually usually describe an action that is repeated again and again. The difference between these two words is now disappearing.