verb

continue

kuhn-TIHN-yoo

verb

To keep doing something without stopping, or to start again after a pause.

"Please continue reading from where you left off."

"The negotiations will continue tomorrow morning."

How to Use Continue

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo keep going, or to pick back up after stopping.

Common pairings

continue to continue with to be continued

Word Forms

continued past tense, continue plural, continued plural, continues plural, continues singular, continue singular, continued singular, continuest singular, continuedst singular, continueth singular

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Please _____ reading from where you left off.

Etymology

From Old French continuer, from Latin continuare, "to make continuous, to join together."

Synonyms

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carry on crack on go on with keep keep on keep up proceed with retain sustain

Antonyms

terminate stop discontinue

Related Words

abandon abdicate quarter kill keep stay spoil strive

Rhymes for continue

rue due sue cue hue Que yue Vue Xue blue true flue

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