Definition of continues Continues
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What does continues mean?
Part of speech
đ¤- continues, verb, present, 3rd person singular of continue (infinitive).
WordNet
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| continue - 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" | ||
| uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | ||
| cease, lay off, discontinue, quit, stop, give up put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" | ||
| maintain, keep, hold state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" | ||
| re-start, restart, resume start an engine again, for example | ||
| hang in, persevere, hang on, persist, hold on be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" | ||
| perpetuate cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth" | ||
| prolong, keep up, sustain lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" | ||
| mummify dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" | ||
| continue - 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" | ||
| go on, proceed, go along, keep | ||
| discontinue put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" | ||
| uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| run on, keep going talk or narrate at length | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| continue exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| extend, carry increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" | ||
| die hard, persist, prevail, endure, run stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| continue - continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" | ||
| go on, carry on, proceed | ||
| speak, talk use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" | ||
| segue proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse" | ||
| ramble on, ramble, jog continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" | ||
| continue - continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" | ||
| go along, go on, proceed, continue, keep start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| continue - 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" | ||
| persist in | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| continue - 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" | ||
| proceed, go forward | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| head remove the head of; "head the fish" | ||
| trace follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" | ||
| roar laugh unrestrainedly and heartily | ||
| limp walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" | ||
| wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" | ||
| uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | ||
| continue - 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" | ||
| stay, stay on, remain | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| bide, abide, stay dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" | ||
| hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him" | ||
| continue - 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" | ||
| retain, keep, keep on | ||
| prolong, keep up, sustain lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- continue (Noun)
An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over , when all lives have been lost. - continue (Noun)
An option allowing a player to resume a saved game . - continue (Verb)
To proceed with doing an activity; to prolong an activity. - continue (Verb)
To make last; to prolong. - continue (Verb)
To retain someone in a given state, position etc. - continue (Verb)
To resume. - continue (Verb)
To make a continuation bet .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- continue (v. i.)
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. - continue (v. i.)
To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. - continue (v. i.)
To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. - continue (v. t.)
To unite; to connect. - continue (v. t.)
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not. - continue (v. t.)
To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length. - continue (v. t.)
To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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To restart a previously terminated action. -
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To maintain an action, state or condition without interruption. -
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To continue talking.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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kon-tinâ˛ĹŤ, v.t. to draw out or prolong: to extend or increase in any way: to unite without break: to persist in.âv.i. to remain in the same place or state: to last or endure: to persevere.âadjs. Continâ˛uable, that may be continued; Continâ˛ual, without interruption: unceasing.âadv. Continâ˛ually.ân. Continâ˛uance, duration: uninterrupted succession: stay.âadjs. Continâ˛uant; Continâ˛uÄte, close united: (Shak.) unbroken.âns. ContinuÄâ˛tion, constant succession: extension; ContinuÄâ˛tion-day, the same as Contango-day, that on which contangoes are fixed.âadj. Continâ˛uÄtive, continuing.ân. Continâ˛uÄtor, one who continues or keeps up a series or succession.âadj. Continâ˛ued, uninterrupted: unceasing: extended.âadv. Continâ˛uedly.âns. Continâ˛uedness; Continâ˛uer, one who continues, or has the power of persevering; ContinĹŤâ˛ity, state of being continuous: uninterrupted connection.âadj. Continâ˛uous, joined together without interruption.âadv. Continâ˛uously.âns. Continâ˛uousness; Continâ˛ĹŤum, a continuous thing:âpl. Continâ˛ua. [Fr.,âL. continuÄreâcontinuus, joined, connected, from continÄre.]
Part of speech
đ¤- continue, verb, present, 1st person singular of continue (infinitive).
- continue, verb (infinitive).
