continual
pronunciation
How to pronounce continual in British English:
UK [kənˈtɪnjuəl]
How to pronounce continual in American English:
US [kənˈtɪnjuəl]
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- Adjective:
- seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
- `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
Word Origin
- continual (adj.)
- early 14c., continuell, from Old French continuel (12c.), from Latin continuus (see continue). That which is continual is that which is either always going on or recurs at short intervals and never comes to an end; that which is continuous is that in which there is no break between the beginning and the end. Related: Continually (c. 1300, contynuelliche).
Example
- 1. Write down your nightmare , or tell someone else about it to stop the continual thoughts .
- 2. Noc engineering will become a very competitive field and will demand cutting edge skills and continual education .
- 3. Mankind have even committed the impiety of attributing similar desires to the deity whom they imagine avid for continual praise .
- 4. It is a sad legacy of continual conflict and displacement .
- 5. In animal studies , cancer has been associated only with metal carcinogens involving continual or repeated exposure .