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ALL meanings of continue

con·tin·ue
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  • verb continue If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop. 3
  • verb continue If something continues or if you continue it, it does not stop happening. 3
  • verb continue If you continue with something, you start doing it again after a break or interruption. 3
  • verb continue If something continues or if you continue it, it starts again after a break or interruption. 3
  • verb continue If you continue, you begin speaking again after a pause or interruption. 3
  • verb continue If you continue as something or continue in a particular state, you remain in a particular job or state. 3
  • verb continue If you continue in a particular direction, you keep walking or travelling in that direction. 3
  • verb continue If a road or path continues somewhere, it goes there after the place you have mentioned. 3
  • verb continue to remain or cause to remain in a particular condition, capacity, or place 3
  • verb continue to carry on uninterruptedly (a course of action); persist in (something) 3
  • verb continue to resume after an interruption 3
  • verb continue to draw out or be drawn out; prolong or be prolonged 3
  • verb continue to postpone or adjourn (legal proceedings) 3
  • intransitive verb continue to remain in existence or effect; last; endure 3
  • intransitive verb continue to go on in a specified course of action or condition; persist 3
  • intransitive verb continue to go on or extend; stretch 3
  • intransitive verb continue to remain in the same place or position; stay 3
  • intransitive verb continue to go on again after an interruption; resume 3
  • verb transitive continue to go on with; carry on; keep up; persist in 3
  • verb transitive continue to carry farther; extend 3
  • verb transitive continue to go on with (an activity, story, etc.) again after an interruption; resume 3
  • verb transitive continue to cause to remain; keep; retain 3
  • verb transitive continue to postpone or adjourn to a later date 3
  • noun continue Persist in an activity or process. 1
  • verb without object continue to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission. 1
  • verb without object continue to go on or keep on, as in some course or action; extend: The road continues for three miles. 1
  • verb without object continue to last or endure: The strike continued for two months. 1
  • verb without object continue to remain in a particular state or capacity: The general agreed to continue in command of the army. 1
  • verb without object continue to remain in a place; abide; stay: Let us continue in this house forever. 1
  • verb with object continue to go on with or persist in: to continue an action. 1
  • verb with object continue to carry on from the point of suspension or interruption: He continued the concert after the latecomers were seated. 1
  • verb with object continue to extend from one point to another in space; prolong. 1
  • verb with object continue to say in continuation. 1
  • verb with object continue to cause to last or endure; maintain or retain, as in a position. 1
  • verb with object continue to carry over, postpone, or adjourn; keep pending, as a legal proceeding. 1
  • transitive verb continue not stop 1
  • transitive verb continue resume 1
  • transitive verb continue extend 1
  • transitive verb continue legal proceeding 1
  • noun continue (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost. 0
  • noun continue (video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game. 0
  • noun continue (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it. 0
  • verb continue (Transitive Verb) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). 0
  • verb continue (Transitive Verb) To make last; to prolong. 0
  • verb continue (Transitive Verb) To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc. 0
  • verb continue (Intransitive Verb) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. 0
  • verb continue (Intransitive Verb) To resume. 0
  • verb continue (Transitive Verb) (law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off. 0
  • verb continue (poker slang) To make a continuation bet. 0
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