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/kənˈtÉĒnjuː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "continue"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to not stop something, such as a task or activity, and keep doing it
Transitive: to continue doing sth | to continue to do sth
to continue definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rain continued to pour throughout the day.
āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤
1.1

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go or travel further in the same direction
Intransitive: to continue to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He continued down the road, eager to reach his destination.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āϧāϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stay in a particular place
Intransitive: to continue somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You will continue in this country.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to remain in a certain job, position, or state
Intransitive: to continue in a job | to continue as a role
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was asked to continue as the head chef at the restaurant.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to keep being or occurring
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Even with the power outage, the conference continued without interruption.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāϟ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to resume something after an interruption
Transitive: to continue an activity | to continue doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We shall continue the meeting after a short break.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ­āĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
3.1

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start speaking again after an interruption or pause
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' After considering all the options, ' he continued, ' we decided to proceed with Plan A.'
'āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇,' āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋįģ§įģ­č¯´, 'āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
3.2

āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put off or keep pending a legal proceeding
Transitive: to continue a legal proceeding
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge decided to continue the hearing until further evidence could be presented.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āύāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļ⧁āύāĻžāύāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.3

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to resume after an interruption
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Following the intermission, the play continued.
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āύāĻžāϟāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

continuance
continuant
continuation
continue
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