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continuous adj 1 incessant. 2 unbroken; uninterrupted. 3 grammar said of a verbal aspect or tense: representing continuing action or a continuing state, in English formed with the auxiliary verb be and the present participle, as in I am waiting, They were dancing, You will be playing tomorrow. Also called progressive. continuously adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin continuus unbroken, from continere to hold together.
continuous, continual Note that something that is continuous exists or happens for a period without a break, whereas something that is continual exists or happens repeatedly over a period, so that a continuous disturbance goes on for a time without a break, whereas continual disturbances are several occurrences with gaps between them. |
continuous adj 1 incessant. 2 unbroken; uninterrupted. 3 grammar said of a verbal aspect or tense: representing continuing action or a continuing state, in English formed with the auxiliary verb be and the present participle, as in I am waiting, They were dancing, You will be playing tomorrow. Also called progressive. continuously adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin continuus unbroken, from continere to hold together.
continuous, continual Note that something that is continuous exists or happens for a period without a break, whereas something that is continual exists or happens repeatedly over a period, so that a continuous disturbance goes on for a time without a break, whereas continual disturbances are several occurrences with gaps between them. |
continuous adj 1 incessant. 2 unbroken; uninterrupted. 3 grammar said of a verbal aspect or tense: representing continuing action or a continuing state, in English formed with the auxiliary verb be and the present participle, as in I am waiting, They were dancing, You will be playing tomorrow. Also called progressive. continuously adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin continuus unbroken, from continere to hold together.
continuous, continual Note that something that is continuous exists or happens for a period without a break, whereas something that is continual exists or happens repeatedly over a period, so that a continuous disturbance goes on for a time without a break, whereas continual disturbances are several occurrences with gaps between them. |
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