continued


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
continue/kənˈtɪnjuː/
verb (continues, continuing, continued)
  • 1 persist in an activity or process.

    ■ remain in existence, operation, or a specified state.

  • 2 carry on with.

    ■ carry on travelling in the same direction.

  • 3 recommence or resume.
  • 4 US Law postpone or adjourn (legal proceedings).
– derivatives
continuable adjective,
continuator noun,
continuer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. continuer, from L. continuare, from continuus (see continuous).
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