Definitions for continuous

continuous con·tin·u·ous

Spelling: [kuh n-tin-yoo-uh s]
IPA: /kənˈtɪn yu əs/

Continuous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 280 anagrams from letters in continuous (cinnoostuu).

Definitions for continuous

adjective

  1. uninterrupted in time; without cessation:
  2. being in immediate connection or spatial relationship:
  3. Grammar. progressive (def 7).

Origin of continuous

1635-45; Latin continuus uninterrupted, equivalent to contin(ēre) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold; cf. Examples for continuous

This report was followed by another, and yet another, and now by one continuous volley.

After 57 years of continuous operation, the theater closed, was sold to a private company, and scheduled for demolition.

The thunder was not loud, but it kept up a continuous muttering and rumbling.

The director, Jonathan Demme, offers us a continuous rock experience that keeps building, becoming ever more intense and euphoric.

There had been continuous problems with the Pratt & Whitney engines.

That really hit me, the continuous flow of ideas without stopping.

The ensuing night gave me the grand migraine of my life, with throbs like the blows of an ax and continuous pinwheels.

Porter viewed this continuous performance with silent skepticism.

She always thought of seventy-nine as one continuous November.

At its highest speed this ticking changed into a continuous sound of trickling.

Word Value for continuous
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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