Definition of "continue"

continue

/kənˈtɪnjuː/

verb
third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued
1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
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  Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
  1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, page vii
  Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.
  2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, BBC‎[Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea]
  It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout.
  2022 January 12, “Network News: £7.2 million plan to stop flooding and protect South West rail link”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12
2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
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  Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
  1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, partition 1
3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
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  […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
  The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].
  2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 257
4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  Quotations
  Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire.
  1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew xv:32
  He then passed by the fellow, who still continued in the posture in which he fell, and entered the room where Northerton, as he had heard, was confined.
  1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
5. (intransitive) To resume.
6. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
7. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
noun
plural continues
1. (video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
  Quotations
  So if you died battling the green monster inside the cave—and you had run out of lives—maybe a continue would be available.
  2008, Jeannie Novak, Luis Levy, Play the Game: The Parent's Guide to Video Games, page 48
  Moreover, where three lives and a sparse availability of extra life-giving '1-Ups' marked the 1991 experience, the iPod player is offered an unlimited number of continues with which to progress through the gameworld.
  2012, James A. Newman, Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence, page 128

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