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constant

adjective IELTS

English meaning
Happening all the time, or staying the same.
Example
The city has a constant demand for affordable housing.
Common collocations
constant change; remain constant; constant pressure
Word family
constantly, constancy
Academic Word List · Sublist 3

Translation

  • 한국어끊임없는, 일정한
  • 中文持续的,不变的
  • 日本語絶え間ない、一定の
  • ไทยคงที่ ต่อเนื่อง
  • Bahasa Indonesiaterus-menerus, tetap
  • Tiếng Việtliên tục, không đổi
  • Русскийпостоянный
  • हिन्दीनिरंतर

Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.

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