continuum C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ UK /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a continuous sequence with no sharp divisions Health and illness lie along a single continuum. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a continuous sequence with... spectrumcontinuityrangegradationsequencescale ↔ Opposites discontinuitygapbreak Word family Related forms continuouscontinuecontinuity Etymology AI details From Latin continuum, neuter of continuus ('uninterrupted, continuous'), from continere ('to hold together'), from con- ('together') + tenere ('to hold'). continuum Latin tenere Latin *ten- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # continuum **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ **IPA (UK):** /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ ## Meanings 1. a continuous sequence with no sharp divisions ## Examples - Health and illness lie along a single continuum. ## Synonyms - spectrum - continuity - range - gradation - sequence - scale ## Antonyms - discontinuity - gap - break ## Related Forms - continuous - continue - continuity ## Roots and Affixes - Root: continuum - Root: tenere - Root: *ten- ## Etymology From Latin continuum, neuter of continuus ('uninterrupted, continuous'), from continere ('to hold together'), from con- ('together') + tenere ('to hold'). ## AI Etymology Continuum is from Latin continuum, neuter of continuus ('uninterrupted, continuous'), from continere ('to hold together'), from con- ('together') + tenere ('to hold'). Important recorded forms include continuum (Latin), tenere (Latin), and *ten- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a continuous sequence with no sharp divisions. The wider family includes related words such as continuous, continue, and continuity. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown