continue
/kənˈtɪnju/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To keep happening, existing, or doing something without stopping.
The heavy rain will continue throughout the afternoon.
Did you continue working after everyone else left?
To start doing something again after an interruption or pause.
We will continue the discussion right after lunch.
She paused for a sip of water and then continued her speech.
To keep moving forward in a particular direction or to extend further in space.
Continue down this road for two miles until you reach the bridge.
Does the hiking trail continue past the summit?
How it's used
When this means “start again after a break”
- continue the discussion
“continue it.”
We continued the discussion after lunch.
When this means “keep going in a direction”
- continue down the road
“continue down it.”
Continue down Main Street past the gas station, and the school is on your left.
When this means “keep doing something”
- continue with your work
“continue with it.”
After the break, we continued with the meeting.
Collocations
- continue to grow
- continue unabated
- continue uninterrupted
- continue a trend
- continue the investigation
- continue straight
Idioms
to be continued
used at the end of an installment of a story indicating more follows
The episode ended on a cliffhanger with the words to be continued on the screen.