continue

continue is a 8-letter English word with 17 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
2. intransitive verb. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
3. intransitive verb. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.
4. transitive verb. To unite; to connect.
5. transitive verb. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
6. transitive verb. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
7. transitive verb. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.
8. verb. exist over a prolonged period of time

   "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

9. verb. continue talking he continued, "but there is no choice"

   "I know it's hard,"

   "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

   Synonyms: proceed

10. verb. move ahead; travel onward in time or space

    "We proceeded towards Washington"

    "She continued in the direction of the hills"

    Synonyms: proceed

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

    "We cannot continue several servants any longer"

    "She retains a lawyer"

    Synonyms: keep, retain

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

    "preserve the peace in the family"

    "continue the family tradition"

    Synonyms: preserve, uphold

13. verb. continue a certain state, condition, or activity

    "Keep on working!"

    "We continued to work into the night"

    Synonyms: keep, proceed

14. verb. span an interval of distance, space or time

    "The war extended over five years"

    "The period covered the turn of the century"

    Synonyms: cover, extend

15. verb. continue in a place, position, or situation

    "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"

    "Stay with me, please"

    Synonyms: remain, stay

16. verb. continue after an interruption

    "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

17. verb. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

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

    "The landlord persists in asking us to move"

Synonyms

proceed, keep, retain, preserve, uphold, cover, extend, remain, stay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in continue:

contineu

Common word forms

continued, continuer, continues, continuing

Words from these letters

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