[
  {
    "word": "continuous",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u026an.ju\u02d0.\u0259s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u026an.ju\u02d0.\u0259s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/continuous-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=866344",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption",
            "synonyms": [
              "nonstop",
              "perpetual"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a continuous current of electricity"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Without intervening space; continued",
            "synonyms": [
              "extended",
              "protracted"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a continuous line of railroad"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "connected",
          "continued",
          "extended",
          "protracted",
          "unbroken",
          "constant",
          "continual",
          "continuous",
          "incessant",
          "never-ending",
          "nonstop",
          "ongoing",
          "relentless",
          "unbroken",
          "unceasing",
          "unending",
          "uninterrupted",
          "unremitting",
          "extended",
          "protracted",
          "nonstop",
          "perpetual"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "broken",
          "disconnected",
          "disjoint",
          "unbroken",
          "broken",
          "discontinuous",
          "discrete",
          "intermittent",
          "interrupted",
          "discontinuous",
          "stepwise"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/continuous"
    ]
  }
]