- Types Of Speech
- You can use continue as a verb in a sentence.
- About Continue
- A 3 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters c, e, i, n, o, t, and u, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ti. Continue starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, conti, and the ending characters are e, ue, nue, inue, tinue, ..
- Definition
- Exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- Pig Latin
- Continue in Pig Latin is said as "ontinuecay or ontinuecway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | i | n | u | e
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | ti | in | nu | ue
- Trigram
- con | ont | nti | tin | inu | nue
- Quadrigram
- cont | onti | ntin | tinu | inue
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- exist over a prolonged period of time;
"The bad weather continued for two more weeks" - continue with one's activities;
"I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice";
"carry on--pretend we are not in the room" - move ahead;
travel onward in time or space;
"We proceeded towards Washington";
"She continued in the direction of the hills";
"We are moving ahead in time now" - allow to remain in a place or position;
"We cannot continue several servants any longer";
"She retains a lawyer";
"The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff";
"Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on";
"We kept the - keep or maintain in unaltered condition;
cause to remain or last;
"preserve the peace in the family";
"continue the family tradition";
"Carry on the old traditions" - continue a certain state, condition, or activity;
"Keep on working!";
"We continued to work into the night";
"Keep smiling";
"We went on working until well past midnight" - continue in a place, position, or situation;
"After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"Stay with me, please";
"despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year";
"She continued as deputy mayor for another year" - continue after an interruption;
"The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" - carry forward;
"We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Accede | to agree or express agreement "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" |
| Accomplish | put in effect "carry out a task" "execute the decision of the people" "He actioned the operation" |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Adjourn | close at the end of a session "The court adjourned" |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Associate | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies |
| Avert | turn away or aside "They averted their eyes when the King entered" |
| Avoid | stay clear from keep away from keep out of the way of someone or something "Her former friends now avoid her" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Continue
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Continue | exist over a prolonged period of time "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" |
View English words with the unique letters used in continue. Words With The Letters Ceinotu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Continuance | the act of continuing an activity without interruption |
| Continuation | the act of continuing an activity without interruption |
| Duration | continuance in time "the ceremony was of short duration" "he complained about the length of time required" |
| Lengthiness | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| Prolongation | the act of prolonging something "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" |
| Protraction | the act of prolonging something "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Be | a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carry | the act of carrying something |
| Die Hard | |
| Endure | put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Extend | extend one''s limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" |
| Persist | be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" |
| Prevail | use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents" |
| Run | a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" |
| Stand | a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" |
Continue Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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