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  • 11continue — 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 …

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  • 12continue — [v1] persist, carry on abide, advance, carry forward, draw out, endure, extend, forge ahead, get on with it*, go on, hang in*, keep at, keep on, keep on truckin’*, keep the ball rolling*, keep up, last, lengthen, linger, live on, loiter, maintain …

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  • 13continue to be — index endure (last), exist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14continue — 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)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15continué — Continué, [continu]ée. part. pass. Il a les sign. de son verbe …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 16continue — ► VERB (continues, continued, continuing) 1) persist in an activity or process. 2) remain in existence, operation, or a specified state. 3) carry on with. 4) carry on travelling in the same direction. 5) recommence or resume …

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  • 17Continue — Continuité En mathématiques, la continuité est une propriété topologique d une fonction. En première approche, une fonction est continue si, à des variations infinitésimales de la variable x, correspondent des variations infinitésimales de la… …

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  • 18continue — [[t]kəntɪ̱njuː[/t]] ♦ continues, continuing, continued 1) VERB If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop. [V to inf] I hope they continue to fight for equal justice after I m gone... [V to inf] Interest …

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  • 19continue — con|tin|ue W1S1 [kənˈtınju:] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: continuer, from Latin continuare, from continuus; CONTINUOUS] 1.) [I and T] to not stop happening, existing, or doing something →↑continuous, continual ↑continual, discontinue… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20continue */*/*/ — UK [kənˈtɪnjuː] / US [kənˈtɪnju] verb Word forms continue : present tense I/you/we/they continue he/she/it continues present participle continuing past tense continued past participle continued 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to keep doing… …

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