- An example of continue is someone walking for three miles.
- An example of continue is someone being interrupted during a conversation and then picking up where they left off.
The definition of continue means to remain or go on.
continue
-·ued, -·u·ing
- to remain in existence or effect; last; endure: the war continued for five years
- to go on in a specified course of action or condition; persist: to continue to mourn, soldiers continuing east to the sea
- to go on or extend; stretch: the road continues to the highway
- to remain in the same place or position; stay: to continue in office for another year
- to go on again after an interruption; resume
Origin of continue
Middle English continuen ; from Old French continuer ; from Classical Latin continuare, to join, make continuous ; from continuus, continuous ; from continere: see contain- to go on with; carry on; keep up; persist in
- to carry farther; extend
- to go on with (an activity, story, etc.) again after an interruption; resume
- to cause to remain; keep; retain: to continue someone in office
- Law to postpone or adjourn to a later date
continue
verb
con·tin·ued, con·tin·u·ing, con·tin·uesverb
, intransitive- To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist: We continued until the job was finished.
- To exist over a period; last: The meeting continued for another hour.
- To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.
- To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for dinner.
- To extend in a given direction: The stream continues for another five miles before it reaches the lake.
verb
, transitive- To carry on; persist in: The police will continue their investigation. I continued reading all afternoon.
- To carry further in time, space, or development; extend: The builder will continue the road right through the swamp.
- To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain: Are you continuing the prescription? The team continued its dominance over its opponents.
- To carry on after an interruption; resume: After a break for lunch, we continued our hike.
- Law To postpone or adjourn.
Origin of continue
Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare, from continuus, continuous, from contin&emacron;re, to hold together; see contain.Related Forms:
- con·tin′u·a·ble
adjective
- con·tin′u·er
noun
continue
Verb
(third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)
- to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
- Do you want me to continue to unload these?
- To make last; to prolong.
- To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
- (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- (intransitive) to resume
- When will the concert continue?
- This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
- (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
Usage notes
- In the transitive sense, continue may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write".
- As continue conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").
Noun
See also: continué(plural continues)
continue - Computer Definition
A programming statement that points to the beginning of the loop that it is in. In the following C example, the continue statements point to the top of the while loop. The } brace at the end of the loop also points to the top of the loop. while (1) { get_next_input(); if (end_of_file) exit_routine(); if (type=='1') { process1_routine(); continue; } else if (type=='2') { process2_routine(); continue; } else display_type_error() }
