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When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
Sam Abell

Meaning of "continual" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTINUAL

From Old French continuel, from Latin continuus uninterrupted, from continēre to hold together, contain.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTINUAL

continual  [kənˈtɪnjʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTINUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Continual is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTINUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of continual in the English dictionary

The definition of continual in the dictionary is recurring frequently, esp at regular intervals. Other definition of continual is occurring without interruption; continuous in time.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTINUAL


annual
ˈænjʊəl
biannual
baɪˈænjʊəl
bimanual
baɪˈmænjʊəl
bisexual
baɪˈsɛksjʊəl
casual
ˈkæʒjʊəl
cornual
ˈkɔːnjʊəl
Emmanuel
ɪˈmænjʊəl
fuel
fjʊəl
homosexual
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl
Immanuel
ɪˈmænjʊəl
individual
ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl
interannual
ˌɪntərˈænjʊəl
manual
ˈmænjʊəl
nonmanual
ˌnɒnˈmænjʊəl
revenual
ˈrevənjʊəl
Samuel
ˈsæmjʊəl
semiannual
ˌsɛmɪˈænjʊəl
sensual
ˈsɛnsjʊəl
sexual
ˈsɛksjʊəl
spiritual
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTINUAL

continua
continuable
continuality
continually
continualness
continuance
continuant
continuate
continuation
continuation sheet
continuative
continuatively
continuator
continue
continued
continued fraction
continuedly
continuedness
continuer
continuing

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTINUAL

actual
as per usual
bilingual
dual
equal
hardy annual
instruction manual
intellectual
mutual
operating manual
residual
ritual
sex manual
sign manual
the usual
training manual
unusual
usual
virtual
visual

Synonyms and antonyms of continual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTINUAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «continual» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of continual

Translation of «continual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTINUAL

Find out the translation of continual to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of continual from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «continual» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连续的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

continuo
570 millions of speakers

English

continual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नित्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَواصِل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постоянный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contínuo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রমাগত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

continuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berterusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ununterbrochen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

継続的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연속적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terus-terusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên tục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ச்சியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सतत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sürekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

continuo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciągły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безперервний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

continuu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συχνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voortdurende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ständig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ustanselig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of continual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTINUAL»

The term «continual» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.741 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTINUAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «continual» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «continual» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about continual

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONTINUAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word continual.
1
Sam Abell
When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.
2
John James Audubon
I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution.
3
Ishmael Beah
Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.
4
Norman Borlaug
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world population, live in poverty, with hunger as a constant companion and fear of famine a continual menace.
5
Kate Braverman
As a citizen of the post-historical variety, I am in continual mourning and prepared for worse.
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Robert Burton
A good conscience is a continual feast.
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Leo Buscaglia
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
8
Peter Carey
My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before.
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Marc Chagall
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
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Mick Cornett
I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them on a continual basis. But you learn to live with the warnings. And you learn what to do if one is coming your way. And then you cross your fingers and make the best judgments you can.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTINUAL»

Discover the use of continual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to continual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Continual Permutations of Action
Anselm Strauss always took ideas pertaining to action and process seriously. In this text he makes explicit the theory of action that implicitly guided his research for roughly 40 years.
Anselm Leonard Strauss, 2008
2
A Continual Feast: A Cookbook to Celebrate the Joys of ...
Here is a cookbook to celebrate the joys of family and faith throughout the Christian year.
Evelyn Birge Vitz, 1991
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A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, ...
Father Tim Kavanaugh of Mitford records lively ideas, wisdom, and humorous thoughts in his dog-eared journals.
Jan Karon, 2006
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The Continual Condition: Poems
A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he has struck a chord with generations of readers, writing raw, tough poetry about booze, work, and women in an authentic voice that is, like the work of ...
Charles Bukowski, 2010
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Continual service improvement
This publication focuses on continual service improvement (CSI) from both an IT service and IT service management perspective.
‎2007
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The Continual Improvement Process: From Strategy to the ...
Practical tools and examples are provided at every step of the way, enabling immediate implementation of the concepts. This book is more than a guide to continual improvement; it is a guide to leading and managing any organization.
Craig Cochran, 2003
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Continual Improvement Assessment Guide: Promoting and ...
This is the first pocket guide of its kind to bring together auditing techniques and guidelines as a structured systematic program for monitoring and promoting continual improvement.
J. P. Russell, 2003
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Continual Service Improvement Based on ITIL V3: A Management ...
The Management Guides are a concise summary of the Foundations ofIT Service Management based on ITIL V3 . A quick, portablereference tool to the standards used within the ServiceManagement community.
Jan Van Bon, 2008
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Dose Finding by the Continual Reassessment Method
A self-contained theoretical framework of the CRM for researchers and graduate students who set out to learn and do research in the CRM and dose-finding methods in general, Dose Finding by the Continual Reassessment Method features: Real ...
Ying Kuen Cheung, 2011
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Continual Improvement in Government Tools and Methods
This book examines the four most popular tools: flowcharting; cause and effect diagrams; Pareto charts; and histograms-and shows how to apply them in the public service sector.
Jerry W. Koehler, Joseph Pankowski, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTINUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term continual is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smurfit Kappa paper mill recognised for continual sustainability …
The District of Aachen, one of Europe's leading regions for science and research, has awarded Smurfit Kappa's Zülpich paper mill in western ... «WorldPressOnline, Jul 15»
2
Stop the #NorthernPowercut: We don't just want a timetable, we …
... Secretary Patrick McLoughlin suggested this was due to 'Network Rail's unacceptable performance' and its continual missing of targets. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
3
Michigan State, Florida announce home-and-home; MSU hosts in Dec.
It's part of a continual quest to schedule great non-conference games at Breslin Center for our fans that have been so loyal and give us one of ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Mansfield Harriers well represented at English Schools
Beth will be looking to be competitive at the event and look to use this as a stepping stone in her continual development. May Roberts ... «Mansfield Chad, Jul 15»
5
Must I always use premium fuel if the owner's manual says to?
... constant stop/start operation or if the driver's foot is always resting on the brake pedal and/or continual last-minute hard stops are common. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
The 3 foundations for digital strategy success
The delivery of a digital initiative is not an end point in the digital strategy process, it's a waypoint in a journey of continual improvement. «BRW, Jul 15»
7
Turlock church volunteer guilty of sexually abusing children
Eduardo Arellano Sanchez, 37, entered no contest pleas Monday in Stanislaus County Superior Court to two charges of continual sexual ... «The Turlock Journal, Jul 15»
8
Robotics to replace low-cost manufacturing hubs
While there has been much talk in recent years of a continual and evolving shift in manufacturing to low-cost hubs (think the West to China, ... «Global Trade Review, Jul 15»
9
London Mayor's speech on July 7, 2005: Whatever you do, however …
I will be in continual contact until I am back in London. I want to say one thing specifically to the world today. This was not a terrorist attack ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
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Wartime hero officer's records unearthed on what would have been …
Despite continual bombing and brickwork from the house falling all around him, PC Canning spent four hours working to free the man with the ... «ITV News, Jul 15»

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