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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tin•u•ous /kənˈtɪnyuəs/USA pronunciation adj. - uninterrupted in time;
without stopping:[before a noun]continuous noise during the movie. - being in immediate connection in space:[before a noun]one continuous line of dancers.
- Grammar progressive (def. 7).:Some verbs, like contain, don't take the continuous tense for all meanings.
con•tin•u•ous•ly, adv. con•tin•u•ous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tin•u•ous (kən tin′yo̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj. - uninterrupted in time;
without cessation:continuous coughing during the concert. - being in immediate connection or spatial relationship:a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.
- Grammarprogressive (def. 7).
- Latin continuus uninterrupted, equivalent. to contin(ēre) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold; compare contain) + -uus deverbal adjective, adjectival suffix; compare -ous, contiguous
- 1635–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: continuous /kənˈtɪnjʊəs/ adj - prolonged without interruption; unceasing: a continuous noise
- in an unbroken series or pattern
- (of a function or curve) changing gradually in value as the variable changes in value. A function f is continuous if at every value a of the independent variable the difference between f(x) and f(a) approaches zero as x approaches a
See also limit - (of a variable) having a continuum of possible values so that its distribution requires integration rather than summation to determine its cumulative probability
- another word for progressive
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin continuus, from continēre to hold together, containconˈtinuously adv |