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# continuously

«continuously» in Mova's school dictionary: **without stopping or without a break** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (continuously)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Continuously means without stopping or without a break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#m1)

2) Continuously means all the time, again and again, over a long period. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a tap dripping continuously wastes water; a machine running continuously never stops. In maths, a car moving «continuously at 60 km/h» keeps the same speed the whole time, so distance = speed × time. In formal language it means without interruption. Phrases: run continuously, continuously changing, continuously improving.

### examples

- It rained continuously for three days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x1)
- The fridge hums continuously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x2)
- The tap dripped continuously all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x3)
- The heart beats continuously throughout your life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x4)
- A train travels continuously at 80 km/h for 2 hours, so it goes 160 km. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x5)
- The baby cried continuously until she fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x6)
- The weather is continuously changing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «continuous» (no break at all). «Continually» means very often, again and again, with small breaks — a common confusion. In maths, «continuously at a speed» means no stops, so time is not reduced for breaks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «continuously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.