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adjective | noun continuouscontinuous1 /kənˈtɪnyuəs/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYcontinuousOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin continuus, from continere; ➔ CONTAIN THESAURUSall the time, at all times, or each time► alwaysall the time, at all times, or each time: Always lock your bicycle to something secure. Grandma had always told us to be careful. ► permanently at all times: The door is permanently locked. ► all the time/the whole time continuously and often: The baby cries all the time. ► constantly always or regularly: The fish are constantly moving in the tank. ► continuously formal without stopping or pausing: The tower clock has been working continuously for 270 years. ► consistently always doing something in the same way: If you use the soap consistently, your acne should improve. ► invariably formal always in the same way, without ever changing: The disease almost invariably ends in death. ► whenever each time that something happens. Whenever is used to join two parts of a sentence together: I visit my brother whenever I’m in New York. if something happens often, or you do something often, it happens regularly or many times► oftenif something happens often, or you do something often, it happens regularly or many times: She often works on weekends. If you wash your hair too often, it can get very dry. ► a lot informal if you do something a lot, you do it often: He runs a lot because he’s on the track team. ► frequently very often. Used especially in writing or more formal speech: Caroline frequently visited her family in New York. ► regularly happening at the same times, for example every day, every week, or every month: You should exercise regularly to stay healthy. ► repeatedly used to emphasize that someone does something many times: I asked him repeatedly to tell me what was wrong. ► constantly/continually very often over a long period of time: They seemed to be constantly arguing. She continually asked the same questions. ► continuously happening without stopping: The noise went on continuously from morning to night. ► again and again/over and over (again) used to emphasize that the same thing has happened many times, and more often than you would expect: She kept asking the same question again and again. 1continuing to happen or exist without stopping or without being interrupted: continuous news coverage a continuous improvement in customer service2something such as a line that is continuous does not have any spaces or holes in it SYN unbroken: a continuous trail along the ridge3eng. lang. arts the continuous form of a verb shows that an action is continuing. In English, this is formed by the verb “be,” followed by a present participle, as in “I was walking to school.”—continuously adverb► see thesaurus at always, often adjective | noun continuouscontinuous2 noun the continuous eng. lang. arts in grammar, the form of a verb that shows that an action or activity is continuing to happen. In English, this is formed by the verb “be” followed by a present participle. In the sentence “She is watching TV,” “is watching” is in the continuous. |