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/kənˈtinyo͞o/,
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continued, past tense; continues, 3rd person singular present; continued, past participle; continuing, present participle;
  1. Persist in an activity or process
    • - he was unable to continue with his job
    • - prices continued to fall during April
  2. Remain in existence or operation
    • - discussions continued throughout the year
  3. Carry on with (something that one has begun)
    • - I continued my stroll
    • - he asked for their continued support
  4. Remain in a specified position or state
    • - they have indicated their willingness to continue in office
    • - the weather continued warm and pleasant
  5. Carry on traveling in the same direction
    • - he hummed to himself as they continued northward
  6. (of a road, river, etc.) Extend farther in the same direction
    • - the main path continued through a tunnel
  7. Recommence or resume after interruption
    • - we continue the story from the point reached in Chapter 1
    • - the trial continues tomorrow
  8. Carry on speaking after a pause or interruption
    • - I told him he was obstructing the inquiry and he let me continue
  9. Postpone or adjourn (a legal proceeding)
    • - the case was continued without a finding until August 2
  1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  2. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
  3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  4. proceed: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  5. retain: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the ...
  6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
  7. Continue is a common term in video games for the option to continue the game after all of the player's lives have been lost, rather than ending the game and restarting from the very beginning. Continue can also be known to be another word for 'proceed' or 'move on'.
  8. In computer science, control flow (or alternatively, flow of control) refers to the order in which the individual statements, instructions, or function calls of an imperative or a declarative program are executed or evaluated.
  9. Continue is the second album by Pakho Chau, released on August 21, 2008. A 4-track music video DVD was also included with the CD.
  10. Continued was the second album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the single Roosevelt and Ira Lee It was recorded at Monument Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1969. ...
  11. (Continuance) In the American judicial system, a continuance is the postponement of a hearing, trial, or other scheduled court proceeding at the request of either or both parties in the dispute, or by the judge without consulting them. ...
  12. (Continuance (album)) Continuance is a 1999 album by jazz fusion band Greetings From Mercury. It was recorded live at , Ghent, Belgium.
  13. an option allowing a gamer to resume play after a game over; an option allowing a player to resume a saved game; to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity); To make last; to prolong; to resume
  14. (continuance) The action of continuing; (law) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period
  15. (continuation) That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation; That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story; Narratology. ...
  16. (CONTINUED) Used at the beginning and end of a screenplay page. However fashion has changed and it isn't used in screenplays anymore.
  17. (Continued) Indicates continuing speech when interrupted by descriptive, no longer used.
  18. (Continued) Metalgreymon2008 3 years ago
  19. (Continued) One of three things that may happen to your case after your interview (granted, denied, or continued). If your case is continued, it is put on hold until you or USCIS (INS) takes further action. ...
  20. (continued) sustained, perseverance, perpetual, sanctioning, enduring, on-going, unrelenting, extended
  21. (CONTINUANCE) A written request by a plaintiff, defendant or attorneys in a case made to re-schedule a hearing or trial for cause.
  22. (Continuance) Commonly referred to as life-after-death; survival of the psyche after the biological organism which had generated it no longer exists.
  23. (Continuance) an adjournment of a case from one day to another or to a later hour of the same day.
  24. (Continuance) A request to postpone the case to another date. Usually you need a good reason to request that the case be rescheduled.
  25. (continuance) Put off trial unitl another time.