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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Builder, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
continues, continuing, continued |
| definition 1: |
When something continues, it means that it keeps going. It doesn't stop.
The snow continued to fall all night.
- synonyms:
- keep, proceed
- antonyms:
- cease, give up, stop
- similar words:
- last, persist
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| definition 2: |
When something continues after a break, it means it starts again.
The principal came in to talk to the teacher. When they finished talking, she continued with her lesson.The game continued after a break.- antonyms:
- end, halt
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| definition 3: |
When you continue something, you go on with it. If you continue your piano lessons, you don't quit. If you continue walking, you don't stop.
The family worried that they would never find their dog, but they continued their search. Finally, they found him!- synonyms:
- maintain
- antonyms:
- cease, stop
- similar words:
- extend, persist in
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| related words: |
advance, last, linger, manage, progress, run, stay, survive |
| 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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