continue

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French continuer, from Latin continuare.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to continue

Third person singular
continues

Simple past
continued

Past participle
continued

Present participle
continuing

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").

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
continue

Plural
continues

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.

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[edit] Dutch

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continue

  1. Inflected form of continu.

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

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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

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continue f.

  1. Feminine form of continu.

[edit] Italian

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continue f.

  1. Feminine plural of continuo.

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continue (plural)

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

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continue (third person subjunctive)

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