CONTINUAL


Meaning of CONTINUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəntɪnjuəl ]

1.

A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.

The school has been in continual use since 1883...

Despite continual pain, he refused all drugs.

= continuous

ADJ : ADJ n

• con‧tinu‧al‧ly

She cried almost continually and threw temper tantrums...

= continuously

ADV : usu ADV with v

2.

Continual events happen again and again.

...the government’s continual demands for cash to finance its chronic deficit...

She suffered continual police harassment.

ADJ : ADJ n

• con‧tinu‧al‧ly

Malcolm was continually changing his mind...

ADV : usu ADV with v

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