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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See
     Continue.]
     1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous;
        unceasing; lasting; abiding.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
                                                    --Prov. xv.
                                                    15.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent;
        often repeated.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The eye is deligh by a continental succession of
              small landscapes.                     --W. Irwing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued
        proportion. --Brande & C.
  
     Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing;
          uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See
          Constant, and Continuous.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  continual
       adj 1: seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what
              recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and
              closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the
              shutters" [ant: sporadic]
       2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used
          interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without
          interruption)

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     Αγγλικά a.
     συνεχής

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     a.
     1 recur in steady, rapid succession.
     2 (lb en proscribed) seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end
  or interruption.
     3 (lb en proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     a.
     1 recur in steady, rapid succession.
     2 (lb en proscribed) seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end
  or interruption.
     3 (lb en proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     a.
     1 recur in steady, rapid succession.
     2 (lb en proscribed) seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end
  or interruption.
     3 (lb en proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     a.
     1 recur in steady, rapid succession.
     2 (lb en proscribed) seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end
  or interruption.
     3 (lb en proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     Englanti a.
     jatkuva, pysyvä, toistuva

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  continual
     Engelska a.
     ständig, idelig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  aanhoudend, permanent, vas

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  مستمر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  continual //kənˈtɪnjuəl// //kənˈtɪnjəl// 
  непрекъснат
  appearing to have no end or interruption

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/ 
  vytrvalý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/ 
  nepřetržitý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/ 
  kontinuální

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  ustavičný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  fortgesetzt, unausgesetzt, unaufhörlich, pausenlos, gebetsmühlenhaft, gebetsmühlenartig 
           Note: negativer Unterton
        "be under continual pressure"  - unter Dauerbelastung stehen
        "three weeks of continual rain"  - drei Wochen Dauerregen
        "There were continual attempts to intervene."  - Es gab laufend Interventionsversuche.
        "I'm sorry, I can't work with these continual interruptions."  - Es tut mir leid, bei diesen ständigen Unterbrechungen kann ich nicht arbeiten.
        "I've had continual problems with this car ever since I bought it."  - Mit dem Auto habe ich vom ersten Tag an nur Probleme gehabt.
   see: Continual exercise can cause problems., Continual attacks by hackers knocked out the Internet server.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  
  συνεχής

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  continual /kəntinjeəl/
  continuel, constant, invariable, permanent

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/ 
  1. अविरत
        "the continual banging of the shutters is unbearable."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  kontinuiran, kontinuiranih, neprekidan, stalan, stalno, trajan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  1. folytonos
  2. örökös
  3. állandó
  4. szakadatlan

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  costante

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  continual //kənˈtɪnjuəl// //kənˈtɪnjəl// 
  kontinuerlig

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  continual /kənˈtɪnjʊəl/ 
   1.  nieustanny
   2.  ustawiczny, ciągły

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  continual /kəntinjeəl/
  constante, contínuo, permanente

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  continual /kəntinjeəl/
  continuo

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  continual /kəntˈɪnjuːəl/
  1. sürekli, ardı arkası kesilmez, daimi, mütemadi
  2. sık sık. continually  mütemadiyen.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈtɪnjuəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "continual":
     ageless, articulated, catenated, ceaseless, chattering, coeternal,
     concatenated, connected, constant, continued, continuing,
     continuous, cyclical, dateless, direct, endless, eternal, eterne,
     ever-being, ever-durable, ever-during, everlasting, everliving,
     featureless, gapless, immediate, immemorial, incessant,
     indestructible, infinite, interminable, joined, jointless, linked,
     machine gun, monotonous, never-ceasing, never-ending, nonstop,
     nonterminating, nonterminous, olamic, oscillating, perdurable,
     perennial, periodic, permanent, perpetual, persistent, pulsating,
     rapid, recurrent, regular, repeated, repetitive, round-the-clock,
     running, seamless, sempiternal, serried, smooth, stable, staccato,
     steady, straight, stuttering, sustained, timeless,
     twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging,
     undifferentiated, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent,
     unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped,
     unvarying, vibrating, without end
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 持续不断的,继续的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 持续不断的,继续的

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