What is "continual" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does continual mean in English? Meaning of continual definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "continual" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "continual": occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series

Adjective

  • Meaning: occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
  • Example: the continual banging of the shutters
  • Synonyms: continual
  • Antonyms: sporadic
  • Similar: insistent perennial persistent recurrent recurring relentless repeated repetitive revenant running unrelenting
  • Meaning of "continual": `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

    Adjective

  • Meaning: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
  • Synonyms: continual
  • Similar: continuous uninterrupted
  • Adjective: Recurring in steady, rapid succession.(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
  • Synonyms:

    ceaseless, unceasing, around-the-clock, continuous, steady, persistent, perpetual, unending, repeated, unbroken, enduring, unremitting, uninterrupted, interminable, recurrent, relentless, frequent, endless, connected, consecutive, eternal, everlasting, permanent, regular, repetitive, running, timeless, unchanging, unfailing, unflagging, unvarying, dateless, aeonian, oft-repeated, persisting, staying, unwaning,

    Antonyms:

    completed, infrequent, occasional, discontinuous, intermittent, interrupted, sporadic, transient, bounded, halting, inconstant, temporary, ceasing, ending, finished, irregular, stopping, broken, terminable, checked,

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    continual in English: continual
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