continue

con·tin·ue

Use continue in a sentence

verb

The definition of continue means to remain or go on.

An example of continue is someone walking for three miles.
An example of continue is someone being interrupted during a conversation and then picking up where they left off.

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continue

intransitive verb

-·ued, -·u·ing

to remain in existence or effect; last; endure: the war continued for five years
to go on in a specified course of action or condition; persist: to continue to mourn, soldiers continuing east to the sea
to go on or extend; stretch: the road continues to the highway
to remain in the same place or position; stay: to continue in office for another year
to go on again after an interruption; resume

Origin of continue

Middle English continuen from Old French continuer from Classical Latin continuare, to join, make continuous from continuus, continuous from continere: see contain

to go on with; carry on; keep up; persist in
to carry farther; extend
to go on with (an activity, story, etc.) again after an interruption; resume
to cause to remain; keep; retain: to continue someone in office
Law to postpone or adjourn to a later date

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continue

verb

con·tin·ued, con·tin·u·ing, con·tin·ues

verb

intransitive

To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist: We continued until the job was finished.
To exist over a period; last: The meeting continued for another hour.
To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.
To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for dinner.
To extend in a given direction: The stream continues for another five miles before it reaches the lake.

verb

transitive

To carry on; persist in: The police will continue their investigation. I continued reading all afternoon.
To carry further in time, space, or development; extend: The builder will continue the road right through the swamp.
To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain: Are you continuing the prescription? The team continued its dominance over its opponents.
To carry on after an interruption; resume: After a break for lunch, we continued our hike.
Law To postpone or adjourn.

Origin of continue

Middle English continuen from Old French continuer from Latin continuāre from continuus continuous from continēre to hold together ; see contain .

Related Forms:

con·tin′u·a·ble
adjective

con·tin′u·er
noun

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Verb

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

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?
To make last; to prolong.
To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
(intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
(intransitive) to resume
When will the concert continue?
This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.

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").

Related terms

Noun

(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.
(programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it

Origin

From Middle French continuer, from Latin continuare.

See also: continué

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continue - Computer Definition

A programming statement that points to the beginning of the loop that it is in. In the following C example, the continue statements point to the top of the while loop. The } brace at the end of the loop also points to the top of the loop. while (1) { get_next_input(); if (end_of_file) exit_routine(); if (type=='1') { process1_routine(); continue; } else if (type=='2') { process2_routine(); continue; } else display_type_error() }

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