continue
/kənˈtɪn.ju/ verb A2- To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). · Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?· Do you want me to continue to unload these?
- To make last; to prolong.
- To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- To resume. · When will the concert continue?
- To adjourn, prorogue, put off. · This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
- To make a continuation bet.
Plural continue · He/she/it continues · Past continued · Past participle continued · -ing form continuing
Verb forms
- Base form
- continue
- He/she/it
- continues
- Past
- continued
- Past participle
- continued
- -ing form
- continuing
From the library
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
“Well, well, my dear Edmond,” continued the owner, “don’t let me detain you.
But it seems you have come back rich, my boy,” continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantès had thrown on the table.
“Ah, yes,” continued Caderousse, “and capital offers, too; but you know, you will be captain, and who could refuse you then?”
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