CONTINUE


Meaning of CONTINUE in English

kənˈti(ˌ)nyü, -tinyə ( this pronunc bef a vowel or pause is especially S ); often -_nyəw+V verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English continuen, from Middle French continuer, from Latin continuare to connect, continue, from continuus continuous — more at continuous

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to be steadfast or constant in a course or activity : keep up or maintain especially without interruption a particular condition, course, or series of actions : persevere , endure , persist

continue to go to church each Sunday

b. : to keep going : maintain a course, direction, or progress

the boat continued downstream after discharging the passengers

the broad beach continues all the way along the promenade

— often used with on

they continued on for a quarter of a mile — Norman Mailer

2. : to be permanent or durable : remain in existence : endure , last

but now thy kingdom shall not continue — 1 Sam 13:14 (Authorized Version)

3. : to remain in a place or condition

if the patient continues unconscious

: abide , stay

he cannot long continue here

4. : to proceed to discourse especially after intermission

transitive verb

1. : to carry onward or extend : keep up or maintain (as an activity)

continued walking all day

: prolong : add to or draw out in length, duration, or development

continue the battle

specifically : to resume (as a discourse) especially after intermission

2. : to cause to last, endure, or keep on

continued my subscription for another year

3. : to allow or cause to remain (in a place or condition) : retain

the trustees were continued

4. : to keep on the court calendar : subject to further consideration : postpone by a continuance — used of a legal proceeding

Synonyms:

last , endure , abide , persist : continue indicates a remaining or going on, often in an uninterrupted way, without ceasing or ending

in continuing cancer research lies the ultimate hope of providing the clinician with solutions to his many diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas — Americana Annual

the illusion continues that civilization can somehow be reconciled with atomic war — D.F.Fleming

last may focus attention on a length of existence greater than the normal or expected

the work that Michelangelo did complete has lasted well — Stringfellow Barr

endure often calls attention to resistances to destructive and disintegrative forces

it is only the exceptional skeleton, protected by favorable circumstances, of which the bones will endure for thousands of years — A.L.Kroeber

the government thus established endured till Oregon became a Territory — Joseph Schafer

abide , often poetic or archaic, may suggest unchanging constancy and stability

O Thou who changest not, abide with me — Henry Lyte

notwithstanding the countless features of … living which were abiding, the changes made themselves felt — John Mason Brown

persist may imply continuing or recurring with or as if with resolution, doggedness, or stubbornness

the idea that there exists a universal remedy which is sovereign over all diseases has persisted through the centuries — G.W.Gray b.1886

this tribal structure, though simplified to some extent by past reforms, still persists — Patrick Smith

these forests have reigned supreme for countless millenia, probably having persisted more or less unchanged for a longer period than any other contemporary forest type — W.H.Hodge

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.