Crossword clues for continue
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. t.
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To unite; to connect. [Obs.]
the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother.
--Sir T. browne. -
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee.
--Ps. xxxvi. 10.You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long accustomed to lead.
--Pope. -
To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frail world.
--Milton. -
To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
And how shall we continue Claudio.
--Shak.
Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Continued; p. pr. & vb. n. Continuing.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]
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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire.
--Milton.They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
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2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
But now thy kingdom shall not continue.
--1 Sam. xiii. 14. -
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.
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.
--John viii. 31.Syn: To persevere; persist. See Persevere.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., contynuen, from Old French continuer (13c.), from Latin continuare "join together, connect, make or be continuous," from continuus "uninterrupted," from continere (intransitive) "to be uninterrupted," literally "to hang together" (see contain). Related: Continued; continuing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context video games English) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after (l/en: game over), when all (l/en life lives) have been lost. 2 (context video games English) an option allowing a player to (l/en: resume) a (l/en: saved game). 3 (context programming English) a (l/en: statement) which causes a (l/en: loop) to start executing the next (l/en: iteration), skipping the statements following it vb. (context transitive English) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
WordNet
v. 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" [syn: go on, proceed, go along, keep] [ant: discontinue]
continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" [syn: go on, carry on, proceed]
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" [syn: uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve] [ant: discontinue]
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" [syn: proceed, go forward]
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" [syn: retain, keep, keep on, keep going]
carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness" [syn: persist in]
continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
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" [syn: stay, stay on, remain]
exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
Wikipedia
Continue may refer to:
- Continue (video gaming), an option to continue a video game after all the player's lives have been lost
- Continue (Pakho Chau album), 2008
- Continue (Wax album)
- Continue (keyword), a programming language keyword
Continue is the second studio album by rapper Wax, released on January 15, 2013. It is Wax's first solo release since having left Def Jam Recordings.
Usage examples of "continue".
They were looking at each other, their eyes on a level, and when slowly she turned from him and walked towards the house, he took his doubled fist and beat it against his brow before continuing on his way.
Shias from the Iranian province of Daylam south of the Caspian Sea, the Buwayhids continued to permit Sunni Abbasid caliphs to ascend to the throne.
It seems strange that the Moslim peoples, although the theory of Islam never attributed an hereditary character to the Khalifate, attached so high a value to the Abbasid name, that they continued unanimously to acknowledge the Khalifate of Bagdad for centuries during which it possessed no influence.
Hertel continued his retreat to one of the Abenaki villages on the Kennebec.
I take Ulric abovestairs so that you may continue with your conference?
Juilin continued to slip abovestairs and was seen by Suroth, which earned him a strapping hung up by his wrists from a stallpost in the stables.
Khosrul continued in softer, more melancholy accents, that, while plaintive, were still singularly impressive.
The dimensions of the consecrated bread and wine continue, while a miraculous change is wrought in the other accidents, as stated above.
Therefore it follows that the accidents continue in this sacrament without a subject.
The flow of Iranians into Iraq, which began during the rein of the Achaemenids, initiated an important demographic trend that would continue intermittently throughout much of Iraqi history.
The Acoma cow already has the upper hand and she continues to grow stronger.
For a year or more, until Susanna Adams was remarried to an older Braintree man named John Hall, she continued to live with her son Peter in the family homestead next door, and the two women grew extremely fond of one another.
OF THE MULTIPLE ISSUES in contention between Britain and the new United States of America, and that John Adams had to address as minister, nearly all were holdovers from the Treaty of Paris, agreements made but not resolved, concerning debts, the treatment of Loyalists, compensation for slaves and property confiscated by the British, and the continued presence of British troops in America.
When in a meeting with Lord Carmarthen, Adams summoned all his old intensity to warn that the attitude of the British, if continued, would inevitably strengthen commercial ties between the United States and France, it had no effect whatever.
So while preparation for war would continue, Adams had signaled that the door to peace remained ajar.