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con·tin·ued       [kuhn-tin-yood] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.lasting or enduring without interruption: continued good health.
2.going on after an interruption; resuming: a continued TV series.
[Origin: continue + -ed2]

—Related forms
con·tin·ued·ly, adverb
con·tin·ued·ness, noun
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con·tin·ue       [kuhn-tin-yoo] Pronunciation Key verb, -ued, -u·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission.
2.to go on or keep on, as in some course or action; extend: The road continues for three miles.
3.to last or endure: The strike continued for two months.
4.to remain in a particular state or capacity: The general agreed to continue in command of the army.
5.to remain in a place; abide; stay: Let us continue in this house forever.
–verb (used with object)
6.to go on with or persist in: to continue an action.
7.to carry on from the point of suspension or interruption: He continued the concert after the latecomers were seated.
8.to extend from one point to another in space; prolong.
9.to say in continuation.
10.to cause to last or endure; maintain or retain, as in a position.
11.to carry over, postpone, or adjourn; keep pending, as a legal proceeding.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME (< AF) < L continuāre to make all one, v. deriv. of continuus continuous]

—Related forms
con·tin·u·a·ble, adjective
con·tin·u·er, noun
con·tin·u·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 3. Continue, endure, persist, persevere, last, remain imply existing uninterruptedly for an appreciable length of time. Continue implies duration or existence without break or interruption. Endure, used of people or things, implies persistent continuance against influences that tend to weaken, undermine, or destroy. Persist and persevere, used principally of people, both imply firm and steadfast continuance in the face of opposition. Persist suggests human opposition: He persisted after he had been warned; and persevere suggests opposition from any source, often an impersonal one: He persevered despite fatigue. Last often applies to something that holds out to a desired end, fresh, unimpaired, or unexhausted, sometimes under conditions that tend to produce the opposite effect: They had provisions enough to last all winter. Remain is esp. applied to what continues without change in its essential state: He remained a bachelor.
—Antonyms 2. cease.
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con·tin·ue       (kən-tĭn'yōō)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   con·tin·ued, con·tin·u·ing, con·tin·ues

v.   intr.
  1. To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist.
  2. To exist over a prolonged period; last.
  3. To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.
  4. To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for lunch.

v.   tr.
  1. To carry forward; persist in: The police will continue their investigation.
  2. To carry further in time, space, or development; extend.
  3. To cause to remain or last; retain.
  4. To carry on after an interruption; resume.
  5. Law To postpone or adjourn.


[Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre, from continuus, continuous, from continēre, to hold together; see contain.]

con·tin'u·a·ble adj., con·tin'u·er n.
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continued

adjective
without stop or interruption; "to insure the continued success of the war"; "the continued existence of nationalism"; "the continued popularity of Westerns" [ant: discontinued] 

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Continued

Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. "Continued woe." --Jenyns. "Continued succession." --Locke.

Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.]

Continued fever (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course.

Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on.

Continued proportion (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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