continuous

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ See IPA manual

Freq #11735

Meanings

1

adj
Happening or existing without any break or interruption.

The patient needs continuous medical care.
2

adj
Forming an unbroken line or surface with no gaps.

A continuous line of railroad runs along the coast.

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Synonyms

1 adj · happening or existing... uninterrupted constant nonstop ongoing

2 adj · forming an unbroken line or... unbroken connected

More amaranthine ceaseless continual continuatedreichendless eternal everlasting extended incessantincessive

Opposites

broken discontinuous discrete ending intermittent interrupted non-continuous noncontinuous stopped

Word family

Derived forms bicontinuouscontinuous-brakedcontinuously continuousnessequicontinuoushemicontinuouspseudocontinuousquasicontinuousscott-continuoussemicontinuoussubcontinuousuncontinuous

Related forms constant contain contiguous continued continuity continuum

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Phrases (1)

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continuous tense
a verb form used to describe an action in progress

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

continuus Latin

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# continuous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/
**Frequency rank:** 11735

## Meanings
1. Happening or existing without any break or interruption.
2. Forming an unbroken line or surface with no gaps.

## Examples
- The patient needs continuous medical care.
- A continuous line of railroad runs along the coast.

## Synonyms
- amaranthine
- ceaseless
- constant
- continual
- continuate
- dreich
- endless
- eternal
- everlasting
- extended
- incessant
- incessive

## Antonyms
- broken
- discontinuous
- discrete
- ending
- intermittent
- interrupted
- non-continuous
- noncontinuous
- stopped

## Derived Forms
- bicontinuous
- continuous-braked
- continuously
- continuousness
- equicontinuous
- hemicontinuous
- pseudocontinuous
- quasicontinuous
- scott-continuous
- semicontinuous
- subcontinuous
- uncontinuous

## Related Forms
- constant
- contain
- contiguous
- continued
- continuity
- continuum

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: continuus

## Etymology
From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

## AI Etymology
continuous is an adjective. It is from Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal. Historical forms in the chain include continuus (Latin). Current senses include happening or existing without any break or interruption and forming an unbroken line or surface with no gaps. Derived forms include bicontinuous, continuous-braked, continuously, continuousness, and equicontinuous. Related words include constant, contain, contiguous, and continued.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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