continue in English: To keep doing something without stopping. (verb)

Translation

To keep doing something without stopping.

Word origin

From Latin continuare, meaning to join together or carry on, which came into English through Old French.

Origin: Latin
Root: continuare
English cognates: continual, continent

Grammar

Verb typeregular (continue, continues, continued)

Examples

reading .

"Continue" means to keep going without stopping.

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"Continues" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Continued" is the past form of "continue".

Related words

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

stay

To keep being in one place and not go away.

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

start

To begin to do something, or to make something begin.

run

To move on your feet faster than walking.

constant

Happening all the time, or staying the same and never changing.

maintain

To keep something in good condition, or to make something continue as it is.

proceed

To continue or go forward, especially after stopping.

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