Continuous Kənˈtɪnjuəs Improvement Stream Flow Period Rain Extra

• recovery after the accident will be a continuous process that may take several months.
• the organization aims to create a culture of continuous improvement .
• a continuous stream of data
• a continuous flow of knowledge, information and understanding

continuous

1. happening or existing for a period of time without being interrupted
• Recovery after the accident will be a continuous process that may take several months.
• The organization aims to create a culture of continuous improvement .
• a continuous stream of data
• a continuous flow of knowledge, information and understanding
• The rain has been almost continuous for weeks.
• She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five.

Extra Examples

• Do the exercise in one continuous flowing motion.
• Experiments were conducted in the continuous daylight of the Arctic summer.
• He watched television as if it was one continuous programme.
• I could hear a faint continuous noise.
• It was a week of almost continuous sunshine.
• It was the longest period of continuous growth in the company's history.
• Progress in learning a language is continuous but uneven.
• She retired after 25 years' continuous service with the company.
• The woollen mill has been in continuous production since the 18th century.
• These policies are vital for continuous improvement in economic performance.
• You need to have been in continuous employment for at least two years.
• The rain has been continuous since this morning.
2. spreading in a line or over an area without any spaces
• a continuous flow of traffic
• a continuous stream of lava from the volcano
• the largest continuous tropical forest in Central America

Extra Examples

• Rain was falling outside in a continuous silver curtain.
3. repeated many times
• SYNONYM continual
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• For four days the town suffered continuous attacks.

Extra Examples

• The company said the reasons for closure were poor margins and continuous losses.
• The soldiers suffered continuous attacks for four days.
4. connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.
• the continuous tenses

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent.: from Latin continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’) + -ous.