Meaning

(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
5. (intransitive) To resume.
6. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
7. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
8. (video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.

Example Sentences

Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?

Do you want me to continue to unload these?

Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

Amid criticism that it was acting too slowly and indecisively in the face of disaster, TEPCO flooded three of its unstable reactors with water. It continues to do so while efforts continue towards long-term recovery.

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.

It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout.

Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?

Gino was distracted. She knew why; he wanted a son. He could talk and think of nothing else. His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."

Word Forms

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Use continue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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