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con⋅tin⋅ue

  [kuhn-tin-yoo] verb, -ued, -u⋅ing.
Use continue in a Sentence
–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)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Continued; p. pr. & vb. n. Continuing.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]

1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. --Milton.

They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. --Matt. xv. 32.

2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.

But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam. xiii. 14.

3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.

If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31.

Syn: To persevere; persist. See Persevere.

Continue

Con*tin"ue\, v. t. 1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.]

the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. --Sir T. browne.

2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. --Ps. xxxvi. 10.

You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. --Pope.

3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.

A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frail world. --Milton.

4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.

And how shall we continue Claudio. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : continue
Spanish: continuar,
German: fortfahren,
Japanese: 続ける
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continue 
c.1340, from O.Fr. continuer (13c.), from L. continuare "make or be continuous," from continuus "uninterrupted," from continere (intransitive) "to hang together" (see contain). Continual is early 14c., from O.Fr. continuel, from L. continuus. That which is continual is that which is either always going on or recurs at short intervals and never comes to an end; that which is continuous (1642) is that in which there is no break between the beginning and the end.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: con·tin·ue
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tin·ued; -tinu·ing
: to postpone (a legal proceeding) to a future day
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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