CONTINUE
\kəntˈɪnjuː], \kəntˈɪnjuː], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_j_uː]\
Definitions of CONTINUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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allow to remain in a place or position; "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 work going as long as we could"
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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"
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continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
By Princeton University
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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"
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continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
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To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
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To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.
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To unite; to connect.
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To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
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To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
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To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
By Oddity Software
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To carry on without interruption; persist in; extend or prolong; postpone or keep undecided; as, to continue a law case.
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To remain; abide; endure; persevere.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To draw out or prolong: to extend or increase in any way: to unite without break: to persist in.
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To remain in the same place or state: to last or endure: to persevere.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman