Meaning & use

continuous

adjective·Academic

Happening or existing without interruption or break over a period of time.

See it in a sentence

The machine ran continuously for twelve hours without needing a restart.

Continuous rain flooded several streets in the low-lying neighborhood.

A note on using this word

Continuous means unbroken, while continual often describes something that happens repeatedly with gaps in between; the two are related but not identical.

Words with a similar meaning

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Words with an opposite meaning

intermittentsporadic

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