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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 3.3 Adjective 4 Italian 4.1 Adjective 5 Romanian 5.1 Adjective 5.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French continuer, from Latin continuare.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kən-tĭnʹyo͞o, IPA: /kənˈtɪnju/, SAMPA: /k@n"tInju/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Verb

to continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)

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

   Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?

   Do you want me to continue to unload these boxes?

2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 74:

     Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?

3. (intransitive) to resume

   When will the concert continue?

[edit] Usage notes

• In the transitive sense, continue may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write".
• As continue conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").

[edit] Synonyms

• (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): carry on, go on with, keep, proceed with
• (intransitive, resume): carry on, go on, proceed, resume

[edit] Related terms

• continuation
• continuity
• continual
• continually
• continuous
• continuum

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

continue (plural continues)

1. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after a game over.
2. (video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.

[edit] Antonyms

• (video games) new game

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[edit] Adjective

continue

1. Inflected form of continu.

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.ti.ny/, SAMPA: /kO~.ti.ny/

[edit] Verb

continue

1. first- and third-person singular indicative present of continuer
2. first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of continuer
3. second-person singular imperative of continuer

[edit] Adjective

continue f.

1. Feminine form of continu.

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[edit] Italian

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continue f.

1. Feminine plural of continuo.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Adjective

continue (plural)

1. feminine plural form of continuu.
2. neuter plural form of continuu.

[edit] Verb

continue (third person subjunctive)

1. third-person singular subjunctive form of continua.
2. third-person plural subjunctive form of continua.