continual
Syllables: con·tin·u·al/kənˈtɪnjuəl/
continual adjective: recurring in steady, rapid succession.
Adjective
continual (not comparable)
- Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
- the continual noise of dogs' barking
- The history of this station is one of continual rebuilding.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28
- Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
- Forming a continuous series.
continual meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
continual in Marathi
- continual, perpetual, eternal
- सतत satat
- continual
- अविरत avirat
continual in Urdu
- continual
- نتیہ nitya
continual in Bengali
- অবিরাম, ক্রমাগত
continual in Malayalam
- ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന, ആവർത്തിച്ചുള്ള, തുടർച്ചയായിട്ടുള്ള, കൂടെക്കൂടെയുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- continual in Kannada
- ಆಗಾಗ ನಡೆವ, ಬಿಡದೆ ನಡೆವ
- continual in Sanskrit
- सदातन sadātana, निज nijá
Examples of continual in a sentence
- Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.
- Continual merging of large companies results in gigantification that drives the remaining small producers out of business.
- Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
Forms of continual
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Origin of continual
From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al.
Words formed from continual
Questions about continual
- What does continual mean?
- Continual means recurring in steady, rapid succession.
- What is continual in Marathi?
- Continual in Marathi is सतत (satat), अविरत (avirat). See Continual meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is continual?
- Continual is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce continual?
- Continual is pronounced /kənˈtɪnjuəl/.
Words near continual in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: continual (page history and authors); अविरत (Marathi) (page history and authors); نتیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); continual (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); continual (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); continual (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निज (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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