English Online Dictionary. What means continue? What does continue mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kən-tĭnʹyo͞o, IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuː/, /-(j)ɪu̯/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjʉu/
- (Dublin) IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Verb
continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)
- (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- Synonyms: extend, run
- (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
- , New York, 2001, p.74:
- Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
- , New York, 2001, p.74:
- (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- (intransitive) To resume.
- (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
- (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").
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): carry on, crack on, go on with, keep, keep on, keep up, proceed with, sustain, retain
- (intransitive, resume): carry on, go on, proceed, resume
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “transitive, proceed with, to prolong”): terminate, stop, discontinue
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
continue (plural continues)
- (video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
Anagrams
- un-notice, unnotice
Dutch
Etymology 1
Adjective
continue
- misspelling of continu (“continuous”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
continue
- inflection of continu:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ti.ny/
Verb
continue
- inflection of continuer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Adjective
continue
- feminine singular of continu
Anagrams
- couinent
Galician
Verb
continue
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of continuar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Adjective
continue (comparative plus continue, superlative le plus continue)
- continuous
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈti.nu.e/, /konˈti.nwe/
- Rhymes: -inue, -inwe
- Hyphenation: con‧tì‧nu‧e, con‧tì‧nue
Adjective
continue f pl
- feminine plural of continuo
References
Anagrams
- nuocenti
Latin
Adjective
continue
- vocative masculine singular of continuus
References
- “continue”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “continue”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
continue
- inflection of continuar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈti.nu.e/
Adjective
continue (plural)
- feminine/neuter plural of continuu
Verb
continue (third person subjunctive)
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of continua