transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnstənt ]
( constants)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
Inflation is a constant threat...
He has been her constant companion for the last four months.
= continual
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• con‧stant‧ly
The direction of the wind is constantly changing...
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adv / adj
2.
If an amount or level is constant , it stays the same over a particular period of time.
The average speed of the winds remained constant.
= stable
ADJ
3.
A constant is a thing or value that always stays the same.
In the world of fashion it sometimes seems that the only constant is ceaseless change...
≠ variable
N-COUNT