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continue
continue mid-14c., contynuen, from O.Fr. continuer (13c.), from L. continuare "join together, connect, make or be continuous," from continuus "uninterrupted," from continere (intransitive) "to be uninterrupted," lit. "to hang together" (see CONTAIN (Cf. contain)). Related: Continued; continuing.

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  • continue — ● continue nom féminin Consonne dont l émission s accompagne d un écoulement ininterrompu du flux d air phonatoire. (Les constrictives, les approximantes, les latérales, les glides et les nasales sont des continues.) ● continu, continue adjectif… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • continue — con·tin·ue vt tin·ued, tinu·ing: to postpone (a legal proceeding) to a future day Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. continue I …   Law dictionary

  • Continue — Con*tin ue, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See {Continuous}, and cf. {Continuate}.] 1. To remain in a given place or condition; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Continue — may refer to: Continue (video gaming), an option to continue a video game after all the player s lives have been lost Continue (album), a 2008 Cantopop album by Pakho Chau Continue (keyword), a programming language keyword See also Continuity… …   Wikipedia

  • continue — [kən tin′yo͞o] vi. continued, continuing [ME continuen < OFr continuer < L continuare, to join, make continuous < continuus, continuous < continere: see CONTAIN] 1. to remain in existence or effect; last; endure [the war continued for …   English World dictionary

  • Continue — Con*tin ue, v. t. 1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne. [1913 Webster] 2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • continue — CONTINUE. s. f. Durée sans interruption. Il ne s emploie qu adverbialement. A la continue, pour dire, A la longue, à force de continuer. Il travaille d abord avec ardeur, mais à la continue il se ralentit. A la continue il se lasse …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • continue — Continue. s. f. Durée sans interruption. Travaillez y sans cesse, la continus l emporte. A la continue, adverbial. A la longue. Il travaille d abord avec ardeur, mais à la continuë il se ralentit. à la continuë il se lasse …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • continué — continué, ée (kon ti nu é, ée) part. passé. L expédition continuée malgré les obstacles. Un magistrat continué dans ses fonctions. Un ouvrage resté longtemps inachevé et enfin continué …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • continue — continue, last, endure, abide, persist are comparable when meaning to remain indefinitely in existence or in a given condition or course. Continue distinctively refers to the process and stresses its lack of an end rather than the duration of or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • continue — should not be followed by on (adverb), although this is sometimes found in informal writing: • I continued on down the street A. Bergman, 1975. Use either continue (without on) or a verb of motion (such as go, move, etc.) with on. This use of the …   Modern English usage

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