Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: continuous
IPA transcription: [kənt'ɪnjuəs]
Pronunciations of continuous
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: continuous, uninterrupted
    Meaning: continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
  • Synonyms: continuous
    Meaning: of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
Usage examples
  • Continuous and stubborn disregard
  • Coherent and continuous trend of thought
  • Now I could see that the ring was not continuous.
  • Discipline or development of power of continuous attention is its fruit.
  • It was due to some steady continuous cause--for instance, some unknown planet.
  • It is the simple, ordinary mistake or the time-worn trick that makes continuous trouble.
  • It was like an aurora borealis, a continuous cosmical phenomenon, filling a cavern of sufficient extent to contain an ocean.
  • In some places, a continuous stream of these fragments followed up the course of a valley, and even extended to the very crest of the hill.
  • The city as it is today is on top of two mountains, but the valley between has been filled up so that it is almost like one continuous mountain top.
  • From that date down to the present time we have a continuous record, the whole course of which may be divided into three clearly distinguished periods.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hurricane Dog (1950), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Vimy Ridge, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rare Breeds Canada, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hillary Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Service-oriented architecture, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording J. R. R. Tolkien, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Triceratops, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Compact Cassette, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording J. Robert Oppenheimer, License CC BY-SA 4.0