continue
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French continuer, from Latin continuare.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)
- (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?
- 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, BBC:
- Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
- (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?
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 74:
- (transitive) To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 257:
- The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state [...].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 257:
- (intransitive) to resume
- When will the concert continue?
- (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
Usage notes [edit]
- 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").
Synonyms [edit]
- (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): carry on, go on with, keep, keep on, proceed with
- (intransitive, resume): carry on, go on, proceed, resume
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
transitive: proceed
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intransitive: resume
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia continue (plural continues)
- (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
- (video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.
Dutch [edit]
Adjective [edit]
continue
- the inflected formFAQ of continu
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
continue
- first-person singular present indicative of continuer
- third-person singular present indicative of continuer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
- second-person singular imperative of continuer
Adjective [edit]
continue f
- feminine form of continu
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
continue f
- feminine plural of continuo
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
continue
- vocative masculine singular of continuus
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
continue
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of continuar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of continuar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of continuar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of continuar
Romanian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
continue (plural)
Verb [edit]
continue (third person subjunctive)
- third-person singular subjunctive form of continua.
- third-person plural subjunctive form of continua.
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