continue

continue is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

contact - continue - contract

Continue is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kən-tĭnʹyo͞o, IPA ^(key): /kənˈtɪnjuː/

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Verb

Plain form continue

Third-person singular continues

Past tense continued

Past participle continued

Present participle continuing

1. (transitive & intransitive) If something continues, it does not stop.
   • Synonyms: keep going and go on
   • Antonyms: stop, discontinue and interrupt

   Even though he has died, we will continue the good work he did helping children.

   We expect that the problems will continue until 8 November, when we get the new computer.

Related words

• continual
• continually
• continuance
• continuity
• continuous
• continuously
• continuation
• recontinue