[
UK
/kˈɒnstənt/
]
[ US /ˈkɑnstənt/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑnstənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
unvarying in nature
principles of unvarying validity
maintained a constant temperature -
steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
a constant lover
constant as the northern star
a man constant in adherence to his ideals -
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
the ceaseless thunder of surf
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
in constant pain
unremitting demands of hunger
the never-ending search for happiness
NOUN
-
a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
the velocity of light is a constant - a quantity that does not vary
How To Use constant In A Sentence
- Derek constantly overcompensates for his lack of intelligence by proclaiming himself the smartest man alive.
- He had to toughen his skin against constant and vile abuse. The Sun
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- Richard and his friends, he reminds us constantly, are wealthy, beautiful, aloof from the slings and arrows of dowdiness and paying bills and slogging it out in monotonous jobs.
- There is a constant cacophony of owl hoots and rustling rats. Times, Sunday Times
- She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
- This is exponential growth, constant doubling. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
- At parties, it is like being in a maze: one constantly has to jump in the air in the hope of seeing a way out. Times, Sunday Times
