Continue definition

Continue as a verb

1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity

   "We continued to work into the night"

   Same sense: go on, keep, go along, proceed

2. continue talking

   "‘I know it's hard,’ he continued, ‘but there is no choice’"

   Same sense: go on, carry on, proceed

3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

   "continue the family tradition"

   Same sense: carry on, bear on, preserve, uphold

4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space

   "She continued in the direction of the hills"

   Same sense: go forward, move ahead, proceed

5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

   "We cannot continue several servants any longer"

   Same sense: keep, keep on, retain

6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

   "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

   Same sense: persist in

7. continue after an interruption

   "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

8. continue in a place, position, or situation

   "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

   Same sense: stay, stay on, remain

9. span an interval of distance, space or time

   "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

   Same sense: cover, extend

10. exist over a prolonged period of time

    "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

Synonyms and antonyms

• go on
• keep definition
• go along
• proceed
• carry on
• bear on
• preserve
• uphold
• go forward
• move ahead
• keep on
• retain
• persist in
• stay definition
• stay on
• remain
• cover definition
• extend

Opposite: discontinue.

How to say continue

Continue has 3 syllables and rhymes with discontinue. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with continue

• discontinue

CONTINUE in word games

Scrabble

10

Words With Friends

14

Anagrams

0

Is CONTINUE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CONTINUE in the word checker, or unscramble CONTINUE to see the shorter words in its letters.