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continual
What does continual mean?
continual (adjective): recurring in steady, rapid succession.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use continual in a sentence?
- The continual banging of the shutters. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce continual?
/kənˈtɪnjuəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does continual come from?
From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of continual?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “continual” mean?
recurring in steady, rapid succession
Right! That's what “continual” means.
belonging to one by birth or ancestry
Not quite: that's what native means.
recently made, produced, or harvested
Not quite: that's what fresh means.
hard, not easy, requiring much effort
Not quite: that's what difficult means.
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