Meaning of continuous in English

continuous

adjective

/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/ us

/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/

continuous adjective (NOT STOPPING)

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without a pause or interruption:

She is in continuous pain.

My computer makes a continuous low buzzing noise.

A continuous whiteline (= line without spaces) in the middle of the road means no overtaking.

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The tape ran in a continuous loop, repeating the same songs over and over.
Satellite technology offers the opportunity, as never before, for continuous television coverage of major international events.
After a couple of days of continuous use, the costumes began to pong.
The lighting makes a continuous whining sound.
If you hear a continuous tone, leave the building.

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continuous adjective (GRAMMAR)

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The continuous form of a verb is used to show that the action is continuing. In English, it is formed with the verb "be" followed by a present participle (= the -ing form of a verb):

Some verbs, such as "love", "see", or "believe", are not normally used in the continuous form.

present continuous tense Today we're going to look at the various uses of the past/present continuous tense.

past continuous tense

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progressive

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Use the present continuous form of the verb.
Underline examples of the past perfect and past continuous forms.
"I look forward to hearing your response" is the present simple tense with a gerund, not the present continuous tense.
In the classroom a group of children learning English practise talking about the future using present continuous tenses: "I'm going shopping tomorrow."

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continuous

noun [ S ]

uk/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/ us/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/

the continuous

the form of a verb that is used to show that the action is continuing. In English, it is formed with the verb "be" followed by a present participle (= the -ing form of a verb):

When "think" means "believe" or " have an opinion", we do not usually use the continuous.

the present continuous This particular verb is never used in the present continuous.

the past continuous

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Her students have already mastered the present simple, the present continuous, and the future conditional.
They have to form yes/no questions using the past continuous, for example "Was John sleeping when you arrived?"

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(Definition of continuous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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continuous

adjective [ not gradable ]

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without a pause or break:

a continuous line of traffic

continuously

adverb [ not gradable ] us

/kənˈtɪn·ju·əs·li/

He spoke continuously for more than two hours.

(Definition of continuous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of continuous

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Such a nuanced distinction requires a continuous measure that returns very finely graded values.

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This ambivalence was reflected in the continuous violation of the cease-fire agreement by both parties.

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An interesting case in point is that of the above-mentioned theorem, that there exist discontinuous spaces with continuous paths.

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The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainly continuous forest to the west, north and east.

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Thereby, a continuous supply of urea and amino acids to an open reaction system would be expected to overcome this limitation.

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Are the developmental trajectories smooth and continuous, or are there jumps corresponding to timelinked events in the child's life?

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However, the succession is cut by a number of small faults so that the section is not continuous.

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Our experiences are continuous with those in the universe outside us by which we are affected - and which in turn we affect.

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Moreover, (3) can be rewritten such that it holds for continuous variables as well.

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By comparison with continuous cropping, all alternatives considered performed better in terms of yield22.

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Since the antiphoner was in continuous revision no absolute tally is practical for most chant-forms.

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To be more precise, consider the continuous function f which generates the dynamics we are interested in analysing.

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We do not use data prior to 1975 because tenure has been recorded as a continuous measure only since 1975.

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In order to study whether environmental quality has an impact on property prices, two dummy variables and one continuous variable are used.

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Key examples are systems combining no-till seeding, crop-rotations including legumes, plus maintenance of continuous crop-residue cover to the soil.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

不斷的，連續的，持續的…

Meaning of continuous in English

continuous adjective (NOT STOPPING)

continuous adjective (GRAMMAR)

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