Associations to the word «Continue»

CONTINUE, verb. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

CONTINUE, verb. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.

CONTINUE, verb. (transitive) To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.

CONTINUE, verb. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

CONTINUE, verb. (intransitive) To resume.

CONTINUE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

CONTINUE, verb. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.

CONTINUE, noun. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.

CONTINUE, noun. (video games) an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.

CONTINUE, noun. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it

CONTINUE, verb. 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".

CONTINUE, verb. Continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room".

CONTINUE, verb. 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".

CONTINUE, verb. 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".

CONTINUE, verb. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "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"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings".

CONTINUE, verb. Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move".

CONTINUE, verb. Continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch".

CONTINUE, verb. 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".

CONTINUE, verb. Span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles".

CONTINUE, verb. Exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks".