English-Thai Dictionary

continual

ADJ ต่อเนื่อง  uninterrupted ceaseless tor-neang

 

continual

ADJ ที่ เกิดขึ้น เป็นประจำ  ti-koed-kuen-pen-pra-jam

 

continually

ADV อย่างต่อเนื่อง  uninterruptedly yang-tor-neang

 

continually

ADV เป็นประจำ  pen-pra-jam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTINUAL

a.[L. See Continue. ] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not intermitting; used in reference to time.
He that hath a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15.
I have great heaviness and continual sorrow of heart. Romans 9:2.
2. Very frequent; often repeated; as, the charitable man has continual application for alms.
3. Continual fever, or continued fever, a fever that abates, but never entirely intermits, till it comes to a crisis; thus distinguished from remitting and intermitting fever.
4. Continual claim, in law, a claim that is made from time to time within every year or day, to land or other estate, the possession of which cannot be obtained without hazard.
5. Perpetual.

 

CONTINUALLY

adv. 1. Without pause or cessation; unceasingly; as, the ocean is continually rolling its waves on the shore.
2. Very often; in repeated succession; from time to time.
Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Samuel 9:7.

 

CONTINUALNESS

n.Permanence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTINUAL

Con *tin "u *al, a. Etym: [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue. ]

 

1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.

 

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing.Continual proportionals (Math. ), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C.

 

Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.

 

CONTINUALLY

CONTINUALLY Con *tin "u *al *ly, adv.

 

1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley.

 

2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Sam. ix. 7.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

continual

con tin u al |kənˈtinyo͞oəl kənˈtɪnj (ʊ )əl | ▶adjective frequently recurring; always happening: his plane went down after continual attacks. • having no interruptions: some patients need continual safeguarding. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French continuel, from continuer ‘continue, ’ from Latin continuare, from continuus (see continuous ). usage: For an explanation of the difference between continual and continuous, see usage at continuous .

 

continually

con tin u al ly |kənˈtinyo͞oəlē kənˈtɪnjuəli | ▶adverb 1 repeated frequently in the same way; regularly: this information is continually updated. 2 without interruption; constantly: I was continually moving around.

 

Oxford Dictionary

continual

con |tin ¦ual |kənˈtɪnjʊəl | ▶adjective forming a sequence in which the same action or event is repeated frequently: his plane went down after continual attacks. • having no interruptions: some patients need continual safeguarding. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French continuel, from continuer ‘continue ’, from Latin continuare, from continuus (see continuous ). usage: For an explanation of the difference between continual and continuous, see usage at continuous .

 

continually

con |tinu |al ¦ly |kənˈtɪnjʊəli | ▶adverb 1 repeated frequently in the same way; regularly: this information is continually updated. 2 without interruption; constantly: I was continually moving around.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

continual

continual adjective a service disrupted by continual breakdowns: frequent, repeated, recurrent, recurring, intermittent, regular. ANTONYMS occasional, sporadic. USAGE continual, continuous Continual = frequently recurring; intermittent —e.g.: “And [the police are ] removing [the homeless ]—by police rides to the edge of town, by continual issuing of citations for camping, by mass towing of vehicles and by routine discarding of people's belongings. ” ( USA Today; Dec. 3, 1997.) Continuous = occurring without interruption; unceasing —e.g.: “Crow Canyon archaeologists want to study the twelfth- and thirteenth-century village to determine exactly when it was inhabited and whether it was occupied continuously or intermittently. ” ( Santa Fe New Mexican; Sept. 8, 1996.) A good mnemonic device is to think of the -ous ending as being short for “one uninterrupted sequence. ” The two words are frequently confused, usually with continuous horning in where continual belongs —e.g.: • “Minutes after the arrest, Wayne Forrest, a Deputy Attorney General helping prosecute the case, told the presiding judge, Charles R. DiGisi, that the sheriff's office had been engaged in a ‘continuous [read continual ] course of misconduct ’ in the Spath case. ” ( New York Times; Jan. 18, 1992.) • “Continuous [read Continual ] interruptions are frustrating because it often means [read they often mean ] you have to warm up all over again or don't get a complete workout. ” ( Montgomery Advertiser; Jan. 1, 1996.) The two-word phrase almost continuous is correctly replaced by the single-word continual —e.g.: “The antidepressant Prozac has been in the news almost continuously [read continually ] since it was introduced in Belgium in 1986.” ( Tampa Tribune; Nov. 24, 1996.) A related mistake is to use continuous for something that happens at regular (e.g., annual ) intervals —e.g.: “The White House tree-lighting ceremony has been held continuously [read annually ] since 1923.” ( Herald-Sun [Durham, NC ]; Dec. 6, 1996.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

continually

continually adverb 1 security measures are continually updated and improved: frequently, regularly, repeatedly, recurrently, again and again, time and (time ) again; constantly. ANTONYMS occasionally, sporadically. 2 patients were monitored continually: constantly, continuously, around /round the clock, day and night, night and day, ‘morning, noon, and night ’, without a break, nonstop; all the time, the entire time, always, forever, at every turn, incessantly, ceaselessly, endlessly, perpetually, eternally, 24 -7. ANTONYMS occasionally, sporadically.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

continual

continual adjective 1 the service has been disrupted by continual breakdowns: repeated, frequent, recurrent, recurring, oft repeated, regular; constant, persistent, non-stop; informal more … than one can shake a stick at. ANTONYMS occasional, sporadic. 2 his son was a continual source of delight to him | she was in continual pain: constant, continuous, endless, unending, never-ending, perpetual, perennial, eternal, everlasting; ceaseless, incessant, unceasing, sustained, ongoing, uninterrupted, unbroken, round-the-clock, unremitting, unabating, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, chronic, interminable. ANTONYMS temporary, momentary. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD continual, continuous, constant, ceaseless These words describe processes or situations which do not stop, but with different emphases. ■ Continual mainly describes an event that happens repeatedly, on successive occasions (I regret that we hear continual criticisms of the committee ). However, it can also be used of a process or situation that never actually stops (he was in continual pain ). ■ Continuous predominantly describes a non-stop process or situation (fighting was continuous, both night and day ), but it can also refer to a series of occasions (the bus service has been interrupted by continuous breakdowns ). It can also describe a physically unbroken object or line (each farm was separated from its neighbour by a continuous stone wall ). ■ Constant describes not only something that does not stop (a welcome relief from the constant travelling ), but also something that does not vary over time (it is preferable to store samples at a controlled constant temperature ). ■ Ceaseless is a more literary word describing, typically, something bad that does not stop (the fort had been subjected to ceaseless bombardment ). ■ All these words are used almost interchangeably when it is difficult or unnecessary to say whether something does, technically, happen repeatedly or without stopping at all, as with a process, supply, or flow, or with change, need, improvement, growth, or use. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

continually

continually adverb 1 security measures are continually updated and improved: frequently, regularly, repeatedly, recurrently, again and again, time and (time ) again; constantly. ANTONYMS occasionally, sporadically. 2 patients were continually monitored: constantly, continuously, round the clock, day and night, night and day, {morning, noon, and night }, without a break, non-stop; all the time, the entire time, always, forever, at every turn, incessantly, ceaselessly, endlessly, perpetually, eternally; N. Amer. informal 24 –7.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

continual

con tin u al /kəntɪ́nju (ə )l /→continue 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈状況 状態などが 〉絶え間なく続く , 連続した (continuous )▸ Thank you for the continual support you have given to me .絶えず支援していただき感謝しています ▸ It is a continual source of pleasure to talk to him .彼と話をすることで絶えず喜びがわき出てくる 2 〈事件 動作などが 〉断続的な ; しばしば起こる , 頻繁な (!通例好ましくないことに用いる; →continuous ) ▸ suffer continual sexual harassment 繰り返しセクハラを受ける ▸ Continual use of alcohol will impair your thinking .酒を頻繁に飲むと思考力が損なわれる

 

continually

con tin u al ly /kəntɪ́nju (ə )li /副詞 1 絶え間なく, 連続して .2 ｟非難して ｠しばしば, 頻繁に, 四六時中 ▸ He's continually whining about something .彼はしょっちゅう何か泣きごとを言っている