"continual" meaning in Englisch

See continual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: kənˈtɪnjuəl Audio: En-us-continual.ogg Forms: continual [positive]
  1. ständig, pausenlos, andauernd, dauernd, ununterbrochen, permanent, durchgehend, beständig
    Sense id: de-continual-en-adj-uzbu6WVo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: consistent, permanent, nonstop, always Derived forms: continually Translations (sdÜ): kontinuierlich (Deutsch), andauernd (Deutsch), beständig (Deutsch), dauernd (Deutsch), durchgehend (Deutsch), pausenlos (Deutsch), permanent (Deutsch), ständig (Deutsch), ununterbrochen (Deutsch)
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