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con‧tin‧u‧al
[only before noun]
[only before noun]1 continuing for a long time without stopping : five weeks of continual rain the Japanese business philosophy of continual improvement
five weeks of continual rainthe Japanese business philosophy of continual improvement2 repeated many times, often in a way that is harmful or annoying : She has endured house arrest and continual harassment by the police.
She has endured house arrest and continual harassment by the police. —continually adverb: We are continually reassessing the situation.
WORD CHOICE: We are continually reassessing the situation.WORD CHOICE: continual, continuouscontinual and continuous are both used to describe things that continue without stopping • continual rain • a continuous fall in unemployment since 1998 Use continuous to describe things that go on without a break • I had six continuous hours of meetings. • a continuous line of trees Use continual to describe things which happen repeatedly • his continual attempts to intervene Use continual when the thing that is happening is annoying or bad • She was fed up with the continual arguments.
