"incessant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/ Audio: en-us-incessant.ogg [US] Forms: more incessant [comparative], most incessant [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|incessaunte}} Middle English incessaunte, {{der|en|LL.|incessāns|incessāns, incessantem}} Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|in-|cessāns|nocat=1}} in- + cessāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)
  1. Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance. Synonyms: unremitting, continuous, unceasing Translations (without pause or stop; not ending): ἀδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos) (Ancient Greek), مُسْتَمِرّ (mustamirr) (Arabic), مُتَوَاصِل (mutawāṣil) (Arabic), անդուլ (andul) (Armenian), অবিরত (obiroto) (Bengali), অনবরত (onoboroto) (Bengali), অবিরাম (obiram) (Bengali), অবিশ্রান্ত (obisranto) (Bengali), непрестанен (neprestanen) (Bulgarian), incessant (Catalan), neustálý (Czech), voortdurend (Dutch), onophoudelijk (Dutch), herkeämätön (Finnish), alituinen (Finnish), lakkaamaton (Finnish), incessant (French), incesante (Galician), ständig (German), unablässig (German), unaufhörlich (German), αδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos) (Greek), sífelldur (Icelandic), þrálaus (Icelandic), þrálátur (Icelandic), viðstöðulaus (Icelandic), stöðugur (Icelandic), síoraí (Irish), síor- (Irish), assiduus (Latin), अविश्रांत (aviśrānta) [neuter] (Marathi), incessant (Occitan), آراسز (arasız) (Ottoman Turkish), bezustanny (Polish), incessante (Portuguese), neîncetat (Romanian), постоя́нный (postojánnyj) (Russian), непреры́вный (neprerývnyj) (Russian), непрекращающийся (neprekraščajuščijsja) (Russian), sìor (Scottish Gaelic), ustavičný (Slovak), incesante (Spanish), oavbruten (Swedish), oavlåtlig (Swedish), oupphörlig (Swedish), ständig (Swedish)

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          "code": "ota",
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          "roman": "arasız",
          "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
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          "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
          "word": "bezustanny"
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          "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
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          "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
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      "word": "herkeämätön"
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      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "incesante"
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      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "ständig"
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      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "unablässig"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "assiduus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aviśrānta",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "अविश्रांत"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "incessant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "arasız",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "آراسز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "bezustanny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "incessante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "neîncetat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postojánnyj",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "постоя́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprerývnyj",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "непреры́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprekraščajuščijsja",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "непрекращающийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "sìor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "ustavičný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "incesante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "oavbruten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "oavlåtlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "oupphörlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without pause or stop; not ending",
      "word": "ständig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incessant"
}

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