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   continual

   /kənˈtɪnjʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. forming a sequence in which the same action or event is repeated frequently: "his plane went down after continual attacks" Similar repeatedfrequentrecurrentrecurringoft repeatedregularconstantpersistentnon-stopinformal:more … than one can shake a stick atOpposite occasionalsporadic
   • ▪ having no interruptions: "some patients need continual safeguarding" Similar constantcontinuousendlessunendingnever-endingperpetualperennialeternaleverlastingceaselessincessantunceasingsustainedongoinguninterruptedunbrokenround-the-clockunremittingunabatingrelentlessunrelentingunrelievedchronicinterminableOpposite temporarymomentary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French continuel, from continuer ‘continue’, from Latin continuare, from continuus (see continuous).

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