Definitions for continue

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continue con·tin·ue

Spelling: [kuh n-tin-yoo]

IPA: /kənˈtɪn yu/

Continue is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in continue (ceinnotu).

Definitions for continue

verb (used with object)

1. to go on with or persist in:
2. to carry on from the point of suspension or interruption:
3. to extend from one point to another in space; prolong.
4. to say in continuation.
5. to cause to last or endure; maintain or retain, as in a position.
6. to carry over, postpone, or adjourn; keep pending, as a legal proceeding.

verb (used without object)

1. to go on after suspension or interruption:
2. to go on or keep on, as in some course or action; extend:
3. to last or endure:
4. to remain in a particular state or capacity:
5. to remain in a place; abide; stay:

Origin of continue

1300-50; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin continuāre to make all one, verbal derivative of continuus continuous

Examples for continue

And as we continue our journey, we think of those who traveled before us.

With a nod and a smile, Aspasia said, "continue the music, I pray you."

They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th.

The people who are involved in the violence, they figure out ways to remain here at all costs and continue causing trouble.

Second, we will continue our programs for world economic recovery.

The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the Union.

“These towns that are doing it just continue to make New Jersey less and less competitive,” Christie said.

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

Tell me, Clary, and tell me truly—Do you not continue to correspond with Mr. Lovelace?

The debate over who really pulled off the Sony hack, then, could continue indefinitely.