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continue::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold |
| Type of | keep, hold, maintain |
| Has types | resume, hang in, hang on, hold on, keep up, mummify, perpetuate, persevere, persist, prolong, re-start, restart, sustain |
| Verb group | go forward, proceed, keep, go along, go on |
continue the family tradition.
continue::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | persist in |
| Type of | act, move |
| Verb group | retain, keep, keep on |
| Derivation | continuation |
We continued our research into the cause of the illness.
Examples of continue
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Students will continue working on fractions and dive into the concept of energy.
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He also said the government will continue to promote its horse adoption program.
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She fears her daughter will get out of jail and continue to make poor decisions.
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At a time where everyone is cutting back, they continue to demand more and more.
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The memorials will continue today with a major one at the University of Arizona.
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It's not that Taiwanese don't want the ROC's existence to continue indefinitely.
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Rain is expected to continue for the rest of the week, according to forecasters.
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Economists will watch that index closely to see if hiring is likely to continue.
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Still, health officials said they will continue to test drinking water supplies.
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- 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"
- Continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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 ...
- 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"
- 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'.
- 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.
- 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.
