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- pronunciation:
- kn
tIn
yu
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Parts
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
continues, continuing, continued |
definition 1: |
to keep happening or being; to last for a long time.
The snow continued to fall.The party continued.
- synonyms:
- keep
- antonyms:
- cease, give up, stop
- similar words:
- abide, carry on, endure, last, persist
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definition 2: |
to start again after stopping or taking a break.
The game will continue after half time.- synonyms:
- proceed
- antonyms:
- end, halt, terminate
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definition 3: |
to go on with; persist in.
The police will continue the search until they find the thief.- synonyms:
- maintain
- antonyms:
- cease, stop
- similar words:
- extend, persist in, prolong, sustain
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definition 4: |
to begin again after a break or pause.
The runner fell, but he got back up and continued the race.- synonyms:
- resume
- antonyms:
- discontinue, terminate
- similar words:
- review
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related words: |
advance, last, linger, progress, renew, run, stand, stay, survive |
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derivations: |
continuable (adj.), continued (adj.), continuingly (adv.), continuer (n.) |
The word continue
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
Example words:
abstain, attain, contain, container, content, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinent, retain, sustain, tennis, tenor
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