continue
/kənˈtɪnjuː/
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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
Please reading .
"Continue" means to keep going without stopping.
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"Continues" is the form used with he, she, or it.
through .
"Continued" is the past form of "continue".
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