English > uninterrupted: 2 senses > adjective 2Meaning | Continuing in time or space without interruption. |
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Example | "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" |
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Synonym | continuous |
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Attribute of | continuity, persistence | The property of a continuous and connected period of time |
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Narrower | around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock | At all times |
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ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing |
continual | 'continual'(meaning / meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with 'continuous'(meaning / meaning without interruption) |
dogging, persisting | relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit |
endless | Having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole |
free burning, sustained | (of an electric arc) continuous |
straight, consecutive | successive (without a break) |
sustained | Maintained at length without interruption / interruption or weakening |
See also | unbroken | marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence / sequence |
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Opposite | discontinuous, noncontinuous | not continuing without interruption / interruption in time or space |
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Spanish | continuo, incesante, ininterrumpido, permanente |
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Catalan | ininterromput |
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