Lexic.us

Definition of Continue

1. Verb. Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. "They continue moving "; "We went on working until well past midnight"

2. Verb. Continue talking. "Carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

3. Verb. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. "Carry on the old traditions"

4. Verb. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space. "They continue up the hill"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

5. Verb. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature. "This garment retains its shape even after many washings"

6. Verb. Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop. "The landlord persists in asking us to move"

7. Verb. Continue after an interruption. "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

8. Verb. Continue in a place, position, or situation. "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

9. Verb. Span an interval of distance, space or time. "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

10. Verb. Exist over a prolonged period of time. "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

Definition of Continue

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

2. v. t. To unite; to connect.

Definition of Continue

1. Verb. (transitive) to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make last; to prolong. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) to resume ¹

5. Verb. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet. ¹

6. Noun. (context: video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after a game over. ¹

7. Noun. (video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Continue

1. to go on with [v -UED, -UING, -UES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Continue

continuation bet continuation bets continuation betting continuation line continuationism continuations continuative continuatives continuator continuators

continuaunce continue (current term) continued continued fever continued fraction continued fractions continuedly continuedness continuer continuers

continues continuest continueth continuing continuingly

Literary usage of Continue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"She was directed to continue the draughts and powders of calomel and opium ... To continue the draughts, but omit the powders, and to use the following as a ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"DEVISE to a son, recommending him to continue his cousins A. and B. in the occupation of their respective farms, in the county of W. as heretofore and so ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"seek to stifle them, and presumptuously continue to flatter themselves in the way of their own hearts. HOPE. I do believe as you say, that fear tends much ..."

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