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"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "nonstop"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "ongoing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "perpetual"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "persistent"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "relentless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "steady"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "still"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "termless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "unbroken"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "unceasing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "unending"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "unintermitted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "uninterrupted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "unremitting"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "lasting"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "permanent"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:continuous",
"word": "uniform"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued."
],
"links": [
[
"Chronic",
"chronic"
],
[
"long-lasting",
"long-lasting"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "diuturnal"
},
{
"word": "prolonged"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "abiding"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "chronic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "continuate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "diuturnal"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "durative"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "enduring"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "eternal"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "extending"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "lasting"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "long-drawn-out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "long-lasting"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "longevous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "longsome"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "perdurable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "prolonged"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:lasting",
"word": "protracted"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "continuate"
}
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