continue

Plural: continues

Verb

Verb Forms: continued, continuing, continues

• To go on with an action; to persist or last.
• continue a certain state, condition, or activity
  • "We continued to work into the night"
• continue talking; he continued,
• keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  • "continue the family tradition"
• move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  • "She continued in the direction of the hills"
• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  • "We cannot continue several servants any longer"
• do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
  • "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
• continue after an interruption
  • "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
• continue in a place, position, or situation
  • "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
• span an interval of distance, space or time
  • "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
• exist over a prolonged period of time
  • "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
• To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• To make last; to prolong.
• To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
• To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
• To resume.
• To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
• To make a continuation bet.

Noun

• An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.

Examples

• Do you want me to continue to unload these?
• He vowed to CONTINUE playing until he achieved a perfect game in Scrabble.
• Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
• This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
• When will the concert continue?

Synonyms

bear on, carry on, cover, extend, go along, go forward, go on, keep, keep on, persist in, preserve, proceed, remain, retain, stay, stay on, uphold, crack on, go on with, keep up, proceed with, resume, run, sustain

Antonyms

discontinue, stop, terminate

Related Words

contain, continent, continental, continual, continuity, continuous, continuum