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Continuants in a sentence

Related words

Continuants | Continuant

Continuants meaning

plural of continuant

Using Continuants

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of continuant

Context around Continuants

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

affix 1× voiced 1×

Often after:

assimilate 1×

Sentence patterns with Continuants

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

both voiced continuants but l 1× this affix continuants assimilate progressively 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

before this affix 1× thus b and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a voiceless continuant 1× korjat ne korjanne 1×

Words around Continuants

Just before it in the word index:

continuant 2 continuances 4 continuance 49 continually 873 continual 266 continua 8

Just after it in the word index:

continuare 2 continuation 693 continuations 25 continuator 2 continue 23.797 continued 16.726

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Continuants

  • In this selection, "continuants" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, affix, voiced and assimilate stand out and add context to how "continuants" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include both voiced continuants but l and this affix continuants assimilate progressively. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "continuants" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with continuants

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Before this affix, continuants assimilate progressively (pes+ne- → pesse-) and stops regressively (korjat+ne- → korjanne-). (15 words)

Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'. (32 words)

Before this affix, continuants assimilate progressively (pes+ne- → pesse-) and stops regressively (korjat+ne- → korjanne-). (15 words)

Example sentences (2)

Before this affix, continuants assimilate progressively (pes+ne- → pesse-) and stops regressively (korjat+ne- → korjanne-).

Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "continuants" in a sentence?
An example: "Before this affix, continuants assimilate progressively (pes+ne- → pesse-) and stops regressively (korjat+ne- → korjanne-)." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "continuants" from authentic English texts.
What does "continuants" mean?
Continuants means: plural of continuant
How many example sentences with "continuants" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "continuants", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.