Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continuousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tin-u-ous-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being continuous.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Continuousness is that property of style which represents the thought as connected and flowing."
"Statives, however, are characterized by internal homogeneity and continuousness; they are unbounded in time, just as mass nouns are unbounded in space."

Etymology

Etymology tree English continuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English continuousness From continuous + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

continuity

Synonyms

ceaselessness incessancy incessantness

Questions

What does continuousness mean?: The state or quality of being continuous.
Where does continuousness come from?: Etymology tree English continuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English continuousness From continuous + -ness.

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