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Definition of Continuing

1. Adjective. Remaining in force or being carried on without letup. "The continuing struggle to put food on the table"

Definition of Continuing

1. Verb. (present participle of continue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Continuing

1. continue [v] - See also: continue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Continuing

Literary usage of Continuing

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

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... For continuing the improvement of the navigation at the mouth of Vermillion river, Ohio, twenty-three thousand six hundred and twenty- six dollars and ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"After these preliminary explanations, we may next consider the phenomena of continuing development. II. continuing ORGANIC DEVELOPMENT ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
""A tender, to prevent the running of interest, must be continuing. ... (b) While the defendant further testified that the tender was a continuing one, ..."

4. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"For continuing the improvements of the Harbor of Chicago, Illinois, 30000.00 For continuing the construction of a Harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"ID that case the court said, the term embraces the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument and duties, and that the latter were continuing and permanent, ..."

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