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continuing definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb continue 6 of 9 senses of continue Sense 1 continue, go on proceed, go along keep => hold => run on keep going => ride Sense 2 continue, go on carry on proceed => segue => ramble on ramble, jog Sense 3 continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve => resume, restart => persevere, persist, hang in hang on hold on => perpetuate => prolong, sustain, keep up Sense 4 proceed, go forward, continue => head => trace => roar => limp => wander Sense 8 stay, stay on continue, remain => bide, abide, stay Sense 9 continue => carry, extend => last => prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure => stand Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb continue 6 of 9 senses of continue Sense 1 continue, go on proceed, go along keep => hold => run on keep going => ride Sense 2 continue, go on carry on proceed => segue => ramble on ramble, jog Sense 3 continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve => resume, restart => persevere, persist, hang in hang on hold on => obstinate => ask for it ask for trouble => plug, plug away => stick to stick with follow => perpetuate => eternize => prolong, sustain, keep up => retain, continue, keep keep on keep going Sense 4 proceed, go forward, continue => head => take make => trace => roar => limp => wander Sense 8 stay, stay on continue, remain => bide, abide, stay => overstay, outstay Sense 9 continue => carry, extend => last => prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure => carry over => stand => wash Entailment of verb continue Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb continue 9 senses of continue Sense 1 continue, go on proceed, go along keep => act move Sense 2 continue, go on carry on proceed => talk, speak Sense 3 continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve => keep maintain, hold Sense 4 proceed, go forward, continue => travel, go move locomote Sense 5 retain, continue, keep keep on keep going => prolong, sustain, keep up Sense 6 continue, persist in => act move Sense 7 continue => act move Sense 8 stay, stay on continue, remain => be Sense 9 continue => be Familiarity of verb continue continue used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb continue Sense 1 continue, go on proceed, go along keep => act move Sense 3 continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve => keep maintain, hold Sense 4 proceed, go forward, continue => travel, go move locomote Sense 7 continue => act move -------------- Sense 5 retain, continue, keep keep on keep going => prolong, sustain, keep up Sense 6 continue, persist in => act move -------------- Sense 2 continue, go on carry on proceed => talk, speak -------------- Sense 8 stay, stay on continue, remain => be -------------- Sense 9 continue => be -------------- Grep of noun continuing continuing trespass Overview of verb continue The verb continue has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (149) continue, go on proceed, go along keep -- (continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight") 2. (39) continue, go on carry on proceed -- (continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room") 3. (22) continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve -- (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions") 4. (5) proceed, go forward, continue -- (move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now") 5. (2) retain, continue, keep keep on keep going -- (allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could") 6. (1) continue, persist in -- (carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness") 7. continue -- (continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch") 8. stay, stay on continue, remain -- (continue in a place position, or situation: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year") 9. continue -- (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks") Overview of adj continuing The adj continuing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (7) continuing -- (remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table") Antonyms of adj continuing 1 sense of continuing Sense 1 continuing INDIRECT (VIA continued) -> discontinued Similarity of adj continuing 1 sense of continuing Sense 1 continuing => continued (vs. discontinued) Attributes of adj continuing Familiarity of adj continuing continuing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj continuing continuing Overview of verb continue The verb continue has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (149) continue, go on proceed, go along keep -- (continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight") 2. (39) continue, go on carry on proceed -- (continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room") 3. (22) continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve -- (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions") 4. (5) proceed, go forward, continue -- (move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now") 5. (2) retain, continue, keep keep on keep going -- (allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could") 6. (1) continue, persist in -- (carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness") 7. continue -- (continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch") 8. stay, stay on continue, remain -- (continue in a place position, or situation: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year") 9. continue -- (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks") Overview of adj continuing The adj continuing has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (7) continuing -- (remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table")
continuing definition
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