(~s, continuing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If someone or something ~s to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
I hope they ~ to fight for equal justice after I’m gone...
Interest rates ~ to fall...
They are determined to ~ working when they reach retirement age...
There is no reason why you should not ~ with any sport or activity you already enjoy.
VERB: V to-inf, V to-inf, V -ing, V with n
2.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it does not stop happening.
He insisted that the conflict would ~ until conditions were met for a ceasefire...
Outside the building people ~ their vigil, huddling around bonfires.
...the ~d existence of a species.
VERB: V, V n, V-ed
3.
If you ~ with something, you start doing it again after a break or interruption.
I went up to my room to ~ with my packing...
She looked up for a moment, then ~d drawing.
= carry on
VERB: V with n, V -ing
4.
If something ~s or if you ~ it, it starts again after a break or interruption.
He denies 18 charges. The trial ~s today...
Once, he did dive for cover but he soon reappeared and ~d his activities.
VERB: V, V n
5.
If you ~, you begin speaking again after a pause or interruption.
‘You have no right to intimidate this man,’ Alison ~d...
Tony drank some coffee before he ~d...
Please ~.
VERB: V with quote, V, V
6.
If you ~ as something or ~ in a particular state, you remain in a particular job or state.
He had hoped to ~ as a full-time career officer...
For ten days I ~d in this state.
VERB: V as n, V prep
7.
If you ~ in a particular direction, you keep walking or travelling in that direction.
He ~d rapidly up the path, not pausing until he neared the Chapter House.
VERB: V prep/adv