Continual

Definition: Continual

Continual

Adjective

1. Seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters".

2. `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "continual" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, adjective. [from Old English expression continuel, French continuel. See Continue.]. (Websters 1913)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Continual

Frequency

Adjective: frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated; customary; (habit); regular (normal); according to rule; (conformable).

Perpetuity

Adjective: perpetual, eternal; everduring, everlasting, ever-living, ever-flowing; continual, sempiternal; coeternal; endless, unending; ceaseless, incessant, uninterrupted, indesinent, unceasing; endless, unending, interminable, having no end; unfading, evergreen, amaranthine; neverending, never-dying, never-fading; deathless, immortal, undying, imperishable.

Crosswords: Continual

Books

• A Continual Feast: A Cookbook to Celebrate the Joys of Family and Faith Throughout the Christian Year (reference)

• Achieving Quality Through Continual Improvement (reference)

• Continual Permutations of Action (Communication and Social Order) (reference)

• Demings Road to Continual Improvement (reference)

• Le Corbusier and the Continual Revolution in Architecture (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Continual Conversation With A Silent Man, Songs of Lee Hoiby (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This makes him willing to quit a condition, which, however free, is full of fears and continual dangers: and it is not without reason, that he seeks out, and is willing to join in society with others, who are already united, or have a mind to unite, for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties and estates, which I call by the general name, property. (Second Treatise of Government)

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This delicacy accommodated itself to the serge dress, finding in its harsh touch a continual reminder of Heaven and of God.

For instance, that the earth, by the continual approaches of the sun towards it, must in course of time be absorbed or swallowed up.

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Health

Rasmussen's encephalitis is a progressive type of epilepsy in which half of the brain shows continual inflammation. (references)

Recent evidence has demonstrated the recurrent and chronic nature of these illnesses and the extent to which they represent a continual source of distress and dysfunction for affected individuals and their families, as well as a substantial burden to society. (references)

Business

This will require continual purchase of new equipment. (references)

Continual developments in manufacturing technology and materials lead golfers to try new clubs. (references)

To cope with increasing electricity consumption, continual effort has been made over the past few years by various government organizations and entities to promote awareness of energy conservation in the transport, building and industrial sectors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Moldova

The newspaper was under continual political pressure during the year. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

Both public and private sector lending policies are subject to continual review and reevaluation. (references)

Solomon Islands

The islanders are reluctant to provide land for nontraditional economic undertakings, and this has resulted in continual disputes over land ownership. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

At year's end, the ICRC was feeding over 7,071 persons, the majority internally displaced persons (IDP's), on a continual basis. (references)

Women

Singapore

Court orders for protection against violent family members have increased in recent years, in part because the definition of violence includes intimidation, continual harassment, or restraint against one's will. (references)

Worker Rights

Belarus

Facing the prospect of loss of funds and property by the FTUB, and having lost his support within the presidium, Goncharik resigned on December 28. During the year, members of the Independent Trade Union of Belarus faced continual pressure at their workplace to join state unions or lose their jobs. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "continual": Continual proportionals. Additional references.

Ending with "continual": near-continual.

Afrikaans

vas (abiding, constant, continuous, lasting, permanent, sustained), permanent (abiding, constant, constantly, continually, continuous, continuously, lasting, permanent, sustained), aanhoudend (abiding, constant, continuous, lasting, permanent, sustained, unceasing). (various references)

Albanian

i vazhdueshëm (ceaseless, chronic, constant, continued, continuous, endless, frequent, incessant, lingering, niggling, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, running, steady, unbroken, uninterrupted), i pandërprerë (ceaseless, continuous, entire, incessant, inseverable, perpetual, solid, sustained, unceasing, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متواتر (frequent), ‏متواصل (ceaseless, constant, continued, continuous, incessant, persistent, round the clock, running, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), ‏متتابع مع فترات, ‏مستمر (abiding, constant, enduring, everlasting, incessant, permanent, persistent, standing, unending). (various references)

Bulgarian 

често повтарящ се (frequent), вечен (constant, endless, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, incessant, indissoluble, interminable, never ending, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading, unperishing), непрестанен (ceaseless, constant, growing, hourly, incessant, steady, unending, unremitting), непрекъснат (continuous, everlasting, incessant, permanent, perpetual, running, solid, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Chinese 

连续 (Continuance, Continuous, Continuously, sequential, serial, succession, successive). (various references)

Czech

ustavièný (ceaseless, constant, incessant, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting), neustálý (constant, eternal, habitual, incessant, perpetual, steady, uninterrupted), nepřetržitý (continuous, incessant, solid, steady, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Danish

stadig (constant, permanent, sustained). (various references)

Dutch

gestaag (constant, permanent, sustained), constant (constant, constantly, lasting, permanent, steady, sustained), bestendig (abiding, constant, continuous, lasting, permanent, steady, sustained). (various references)

Esperanto

neŝanĝiĝema (constant, lasting, steady), konstanta (constant, permanent, sustained). (various references)

Faeroese

støðugur (constant, permanent, sustained), áhaldandi (all the time, ceaselessly, constant, eternal, everlasting, permanent, perpetual, sustained). (various references)

Farsi 

پیوسته (Against, Allied, Always, Away, Ceaseless, Concomitant, Contiguous, Cursive, Eternal, Forever, Incessant, Married, Proximate, Uninterrupted), پی درپی (Consecutive, Continuum, Incessant, Steady), مکرر (Bis, Eternal, Eternity, Repetitious), متناوب (Alternate, Alternating, Alternative, Intermittent, Jerky, Periodic, Spotty, Stagger), همیشگی (Eternal, Habitual, Perennial, Perpetual, Usual), داءمی (Ceaseless, Constant, Eternal, Perennial). (various references)

Finnish

pysyvä (constant, enduring, fixed, lasting, permanent, stable, sustained). (various references)

French

continuel (constant, continuous), constant (constant). (various references)

German

fortwährend (all the time, always, ceaselessly, constant, ever, for ever, forever, incessant, incessantly, perpetual), unablässig (ceaseless, constant, incessant, incessantly, permanent, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unrelenting, unremitting, unremittingly), ständig (always, chronic, consistently, constant, constantly, continually, continuing, continuous, continuously, established, forever, full, habitually, incessant, incessantly, invariably, perennially, permanent, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, regular, resident, standing, steadily, steady, sustained), dauernd (abiding, constant, constantly, continuing, continuous, continuously, enduring, lasting, perennial, perennially, permanent, perpetually), beständig (consistent, constant, constantly, durable, inextinguishable, invariably, lasting, perennial, permanent, persistent, proof, resistant, settled, stable, steadfast, steady, sustained). (various references)

Greek 

συνεχήσ (consecutive, constant, continuous, cursive, successive, unremitting), εξακολουθητικόσ (consecutive). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתמשך (unending), �"משכי (continued). (various references)

Hungarian

szakadatlan (incessant, perpetual, round the clock, unceasing, unremitting), folytonos (constant, incessant, non-stop, permanent, perpetual, successive, uninterrupted), örökös (allodial, alodial, eternal, everlasting, heir, hereditary, heritor, inheritor, perpetual, successor). (various references)

Indonesian

terus menerus (on and on, perpetual, unceasing), selalu (always, ever). (various references)

Italian

costante (abiding, changeless, consistent, constant, even, faithful, permanent, steadfast, steady, sustained, true). (various references)

Korean 

연속 (Consecutive, subsequent). (various references)

Manx

sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continuous, deathless, endless, ever, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanent, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying, unending), kinjagh (ballast, ballast of person, constant, continuous, definite, incessant, invariable, persistent, regular, steady, unceasing, unfailing). (various references)

Papiamen

konstante (constant, permanent, sustained). (various references)

Pig Latin

ontinualcay

Portuguese

contínuo (attendant, constant, continue, continuous, enduring, eternal, lasting, never-ceasing, ongoing, permanent, perpetual, persistent, progressive, round, running, runny, sequential, solid, straight, sustained, thru, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Romanian

continuu (ceaseless, continually, continuous, continuously, hourly, incessant, perpetual, running, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), veşnic (always, continuous, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, inextinguishable, livelong, never-dying, perdurable, perennial, perennially, perpetual, perpetually, sempiternal, unceasing), neobosit (active, hard working, indefatigable, indefatigably, inexhaustible, relentless, sustained, tireless, tirelessly, untiring, unwearied), necontenit (all along, ceaseless, never ending, permanent, right along, unceasing, unchecked), neîncetat (ceaseless, ceaselessly, continually, continuous, endless, incessant, invariably, never ending, never-ceasing, relentless, restlessly, sabbathless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unremitting). (various references)

Russian 

непрерывный (ceaseless, contiguous, continued, continuous, incessant, indiscrete, on-the-fly, perpetual, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stalan (abiding, constant, continuous, on-going, perm, permanent, regular, stabile, steady), neprestan (incessant, never ending, never-ceasing, permanent, timeless, unceasing, uninterrupted), neprekidan (ceaseless, continuous, incessant, non-stop, on-going, round the clock, sustained, sustaining, unresting). (various references)

Spanish

continuo (abiding, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, lasting, nagging, non-stop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, rolling, steady, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Swedish

oupphörlig (ceaseless, constant, continuous, incessant, lasting, perpetual, sustained, unceasing), oavbruten (continuous, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, unimpeded, uninterrupted, unrelieved). (various references)

Turkish

sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistent, consistently, constant, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, incessant, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, running, secular, settled, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), sıkça (as often as not, constantly, frequently, more often than not, often), durmadan (away, continually, continuously, forever, night and day, non-stop, on, on and on, on end, repeatedly, without cease), devamlı (assiduous, away, chronic, continued, continuous, everlasting, evermore, forever, frequent, hourly, in ordinary, incessant, invariable, invariably, lasting, non-stop, on end, permanent, persistent, regular, regularly, settled, steady, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting). (various references)

Turkmen 

зykgynsyz (desperate, hopeless). (various references)

Ukrainian

безперервний (ceaseless, continued, continuous, entire, incessant, never ending, never-ceasing, ongoing, perpetual, unceasing, uninterrupted), постійний (abiding, blue, certain, changeless, chronic, constant, frequent, hourly, immanent, never failing, perdurable, permanent, regular, sedentary, settled, standing, stationary, steady, uniform). (various references)

Vietnamese 

liên tục (cease, consecutive, continuous, continuously, endless, reel, running, sequent, sequential, together, unceasing, unintermittent, unremitting), liên miên (constant, constantly, incessant, on). (various references)

Welsh

par.haus (lasting, perpetual), gwastadol (abiding, perpetual), gwastad (constant, even, flat, level). (various references)

iuge, iugi, iugis, iugum, jugis, perennes, perennis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "continual": continually. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Continual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centinial, contentual, contigual, continebar, continu, continuallu, continuam, continuel, contynuly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: inoculant.

-1 letter: continua, countian, lunation.

-2 letters: actinon, antlion, auction, cannoli, caution, contain, inocula, linocut, lunatic, outlain, uncinal, unction.

-3 letters: action, alnico, annuli, anoint, atonic, cannot, canton, cation, catlin, citola, coital, incant, incult, latino, nation, nounal, nuncio, oilcan, talion, tannic, tincal, toluic, toucan, tunica, uncial, uncoil, unnail.

-4 letters: actin, aloin, ancon, anion, annul, antic, aulic, canon, canto.

+1 letter: functional, inoculants, junctional, nucleation.

+2 letters: antinucleon, continually, crenulation, culmination, enucleation, inculcation, inculpation, inoculating, inoculation, malfunction, nucleations.

+3 letters: antinucleons, bifunctional, calumniation, columniation, conglutinate, conjunctival, connubiality, consultation, crenulations, culminations, difunctional, enucleations, functionally, inculcations, inculpations, inoculations, inosculating, inosculation, insouciantly, malfunctions, noncustodial, outbalancing, uninoculated, unnoticeable.

+4 letters: anticoagulant, calumniations, columniations, confabulating, confabulation, conglutinated, conglutinates, conjugational, conjunctional, connaturality, consequential, consultancies, consultations, denticulation, disfunctional, dysfunctional, encapsulation, functionalism, functionalist, functionality, hallucination, inosculations, instructional, intercommunal, malfunctioned, noncultivated, noncumulative, nonfunctional, nullification, reinoculating, reinoculation, unchlorinated, unconditional, uncontainable, unexceptional, vulcanisation, vulcanization.