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- pronunciation:
- k
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tIn
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
occurring without interruption or breaks; unceasing.
- synonyms:
- ceaseless, constraint, continuous, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting
- antonyms:
- intermittent
- similar words:
- constant, endless, eternal, everlasting, ongoing, restless
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| definition 2: |
occurring with frequency and regularity.
- synonyms:
- frequent, perennial, perpetual, persistent, recurrent
- antonyms:
- occasional, sporadic
- similar words:
- regular, repeated
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| related words: |
ceaseless, chronic, nonstop, perpetual, steady, unbroken |
adverb + (adj.)continual
under
(adj.)continual
+ noun
adaptation,
addition,
adjustment,
alteration,
assessment,
awareness,
backdrop,
basis,
battle,
beating,
bloom,
bloomer,
bombardment,
breakdown,
challenge,
change,
complaint,
conception,
consensus,
contact,
conversion,
cycle,
daylight,
debate,
delay,
destruction,
dialogue,
effort,
encouragement,
erosion,
evaluation,
evolution,
exchange,
existence,
expansion,
experimentation,
exposure,
feedback,
feeding,
flow,
flux,
frustration,
funding,
growth,
guidance,
identity,
improvement,
increase,
influx,
innovation,
input,
interaction,
interplay,
interpretation,
introduction,
involvement,
laughter,
learner,
learning,
maintenance,
monitoring,
motion,
movement,
negotiation,
occupation,
onslaught,
presence,
present,
presentation,
pressure,
privilege,
process,
progress,
publication,
questioning,
reference,
reflection,
regeneration,
reinforcement,
reminder,
removal,
renewal,
replacement,
replenishment,
resistance,
review,
revision,
rumor,
search,
self,
shifting,
strain,
stream,
stress,
struggle,
thinking,
threat,
transformation,
update,
upgrade,
variation,
vigilance,
warfare
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| derivation: |
continually (adv.) |
The word continual
contains the following parts:
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
  Example words:
abstain, abstinence, appertain, attain, contain, container, content, contention, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinacious, pertinacity, pertinent, retain, retentive, retinue, sustain, tenable, tenacious, tenacity, tenant, tenement, tenet, tennis, tenor, tenure
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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