| continuous | | |
| adj. | 1. continuous, uninterrupted | continuing in time or space without interruption.; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" |
| ~ unbroken | marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence.; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" |
| ~ around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock, nonstop | at all times.; "around-the-clock nursing care" |
| ~ ceaseless, incessant, never-ending, unremitting, perpetual, unceasing, constant | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" |
| ~ continual | `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption). |
| ~ dogging, persisting | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.; "impossible to escape the dogging fears" |
| ~ endless | having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole.; "an endless chain" |
| ~ free burning, sustained | (of an electric arc) continuous.; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs" |
| ~ straight, consecutive | successive (without a break).; "sick for five straight days" |
| ~ sustained | maintained at length without interruption or weakening.; "sustained flight" |
| adj. | 2. continuous | of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| frequent | | |
| v. (social) | 1. buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor | do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. |
| ~ back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" |
| v. (motion) | 2. frequent, haunt | be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place.; "She haunts the ballet" |
| ~ travel to, visit | go to certain places as for sightseeing.; "Did you ever visit Paris?" |
| ~ hang out | spend time in a certain location or with certain people.; "She hangs out at the corner cafe" |
| adj. | 3. frequent | coming at short intervals or habitually.; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" |
| ~ predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife, dominant | most frequent or common.; "prevailing winds" |
| ~ steady, regular | relating to a person who does something regularly.; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" |
| adj. | 4. frequent | frequently encountered.; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'" |
| ~ common | having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" |
| uninterrupted | | |
| adj. | 1. uninterrupted | having undisturbed continuity.; "a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep" |
| ~ unbroken | marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence.; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" |
| always | | |
| adv. | 1. always, e'er, ever | at all times; all the time and on every occasion.; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy" |
| adv. | 2. always, constantly, invariably | without variation or change, in every case.; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" |
| adv. | 3. always, constantly, forever, incessantly, perpetually | without interruption.; "the world is constantly changing" |
| adv. | 4. always | at any time or in any event.; "you can always resign if you don't like it"; "you could always take a day off" |
| adv. | 5. always | forever; throughout all time.; "we will always be friends"; "I shall treasure it always"; "I will always love you" |
| ever | | |
| adv. | 1. ever, of all time | at any time.; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time" |
| adv. | 2. ever, ever so | (intensifier for adjectives) very.; "she was ever so friendly" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| often | | |
| adv. | 1. frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes | many times at short intervals.; "we often met over a cup of coffee" |
| adv. | 2. a great deal, much, often | frequently or in great quantities.; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" |
| adv. | 3. often | in many cases or instances. |
| genuine | | |
| adj. | 1. echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable | not counterfeit or copied.; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" |
| ~ attested, authenticated, documented | established as genuine. |
| ~ honest, good | not forged.; "a good dollar bill" |
| ~ honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough, old | (used informally especially for emphasis).; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ real, existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 2. genuine, true, unfeigned | not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed.; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 3. actual, genuine, literal, real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"; "a genuine dilemma" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| real | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. real, real number | any rational or irrational number. |
| ~ dot product, inner product, scalar product | a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors. |
| ~ complex number, complex quantity, imaginary, imaginary number | (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1. |
| ~ rational, rational number | an integer or a fraction. |
| ~ irrational, irrational number | a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. real | the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos. |
| ~ centavo | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal. |
| ~ brazilian monetary unit | monetary unit in Brazil. |
| n. (possession) | 3. real | an old small silver Spanish coin. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| adj. | 4. existent, real | being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!" |
| ~ concrete | capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary.; "concrete objects such as trees" |
| ~ echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ actual | taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated.; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating" |
| ~ factual, actual | existing in act or fact.; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" |
| ~ documentary, objective | emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation.; "objective art" |
| ~ historical | having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary.; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| ~ sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| adj. | 5. real | no less than what is stated; worthy of the name.; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" |
| ~ proper | having all the qualities typical of the thing specified.; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" |
| ~ true | rightly so called.; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" |
| adj. | 6. real | not to be taken lightly.; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
| adj. | 7. real, tangible | capable of being treated as fact.; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" |
| ~ concrete | capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary.; "concrete objects such as trees" |
| adj. | 8. real | of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation.; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| adj. | 9. material, real, substantial | having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things" |
| ~ material | derived from or composed of matter.; "the material universe" |
| adj. | 10. real | (of property) fixed or immovable.; "real property consists of land and buildings" |
| ~ tangible | (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value.; "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" |
| adj. | 11. real, veridical | coinciding with reality.; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| adv. | 12. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
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