/ˈkɒnstəntli/
Translation
All the time, again and again, without stopping.
Word origin
From constant plus -ly; constant comes from Latin constare, meaning to stand firm.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- constare
- English cognates
- constant
Examples
ringing.
"Constantly" means it happens again and again.
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Here it means without stopping.
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We often use "constantly" to complain about a habit.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(21)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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