continuous

Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective continuing in time or space without interruption; - James Jeans
  2. adjective of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

Etymology

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

In classic literature

Synonyms

uninterrupted

Semantic network

Similar
ceaseless, straight, endless, sustained
Opposite (antonyms)
discontinuous

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