# continual

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-TIN-yoo-ul" /kənˈtɪnjuəl/

## Adjective

1. Happening again and again, steadily and in quick succession.
   - Simple: Happening again and again, often and with only short breaks.
   - _The bridge has needed continual patching since the day it opened._
   - _Continual interruptions from the hallway made the meeting drag on for hours._
2. Seeming to go on without any end or interruption.
   - Simple: Seeming to go on and on without ever stopping.
   - _The continual roar of the waterfall filled the valley day and night._
   - _Residents complained about the continual hum of the generators behind the plant._
3. Forming an unbroken series.
   - Simple: Following one after another with no gaps in between.
   - _A continual row of shops runs the whole length of the street._
   - _The islands form a continual chain from the bay out to the open sea._

## Origin

From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus ("continuous") with the suffix -el; it is equivalent to continue + -al.

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