continual

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
  2. adjective `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

Etymology

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

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