continual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Happening again and again over a period of time.

   The factory has a history of continual rebuilding after each fire.

2. 2
   adj

   Seeming to happen without any break or end.

   The continual noise from the street kept her awake.

From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al.

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