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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Builder, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
continues, continuing, continued |
| definition 1: |
to keep happening or being; to last for a long time.
The snow continued to fall.The party continued until late into the night.
- synonyms:
- keep
- antonyms:
- give up, stop
- similar words:
- last, persist
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| definition 2: |
to begin again after a pause.
The runner fell, but he got back up and continued the race.- antonyms:
- terminate
- similar words:
- review
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| related words: |
advance, extend, last, survive |
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| derivations: |
continuable (adj.), continued (adj.), continuingly (adv.), continuer (n.) |
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