continue meaning

• Verb: continue  kun'tinyoo
  1. Continue a certain state, condition, or activity
     "We continued to work into the night"
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  Derived forms: continues, continued, continuing

  See also: continuance, continuation

  Type of: act, be, go, hold, keep, keep up, locomote, maintain, move, prolong, speak, sustain, talk, travel

  Antonym: discontinue

  Encyclopedia: Continue

• continue with sth:    [American slang]to ...
• can we continue this later?:    [American slang]Go ...
• continue by doing sth:    [American slang]to ...

Examples

1. the prodigal handouts should continue.
2. cotton consumption has continued to rise.
3. prices continue to show an upward tendency.
4. his thoughts continued to dwell on her.
5. below the sound of revelry continued.