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continual

/kənˈtɪnjuːəl/kuhn-TIN-yoo-uhl
/kənˈtɪnjuəl/kuhn-TIN-yoo-uhl

Meaningrelating to holding together

Common meaning: happening again and again

Journey through time

  1. Latincontinuaresource
  2. Frenchcontinuersource
  3. Middle Englishcontinuensource
  4. Englishcontinue‘to go on’
  5. Englishformed in English from continuecontinual‘happening again and again’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from continue + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONTINUE, p.132 · scan

Source words

  • continuare Latin · source word “to make continuous”

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