continuous

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

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