continuous
adjective/kənˈtɪnjuəs/
Слово англійською: continuous
Переклад continuous українською: безпере́рвний
Детальний опис
- happening or existing for a period of time without being interrupted
- Recovery after the accident will be a continuous process that may take several months.
- The organization aims to create a culture of continuous improvement .
- a continuous stream of data
- a continuous flow of knowledge, information and understanding
- The rain has been almost continuous for weeks.
- She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five.
- spreading in a line or over an area without any spaces
- a continuous flow of traffic
- a continuous stream of lava from the volcano
- the largest continuous tropical forest in Central America
- (informal) repeated many times synonym continual
- For four days the town suffered continuous attacks.
Which Word? continuous / continualcontinuous / continualThese adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns:continuous ~ continual ~ process change employment problems flow updating line questions speech pain supply fear - 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. In particular, continual/continually can also mean the same as continuous/continuously:
- Life was a continual struggle for them.
- The technology is continually improving.
- (also progressive)(grammar) connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.
- the continuous tenses
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’) + -ous.