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What does continue mean?
Definitions in simple English

continue

If something continues, it does not stop. Even though he has died, we will continue the good work he did helping children. We expect that the problems will continue until 8 November, when we get the new computer.

continue

(= go on, keep) 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 (= carry on) continue talking; he continued I know it's hard, but there is no choice carry on--pretend we are not in the room (= carry on, preserve) 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 (= proceed) 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 (= retain, keep) 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 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 work going as long as we could She retained her composure this garment retains its shape even after many washings (= persist in) 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 continue after an interruption The demonstration continued after a break for lunch exist over a prolonged period of time The bad weather continued for two more weeks (= cover, extend) span an interval of distance, space or time The war extended over five years The period covered the turn of the century My land extends over the hills on the horizon This farm covers some 200 acres The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles (= stay, stay on, remain) 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

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Simple sentences

Once you begin, you must continue.
One in four consumers thinks that prices will continue to rise in the future.
I must continue.
I think we should continue this conversation outside.
I want to continue working here.
I wanted to continue doing that.
Continue where you left off.
Mathematics is the part of science you could continue to do if you woke up tomorrow and discovered the universe was gone.
You continue making the same mistakes time after time.
We must continue to study as long as we live.
Let's quit here and continue tomorrow.
This area will continue to be rainy.
We could not continue our journey for lack of money.
The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.
We have agreed to continue the negotiations.
We thought it wise not to continue our trip.
Let's continue the game after lunch.
You should continue until you're satisfied.
We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.
I wonder when this program will continue till.
We will continue the discussion.
On his deathbed he asked me to continue writing to you.
Her mother will continue to work.
His sickness made it impossible for him to continue his study.
Prices will continue as they are.
Prices will continue to go up.

Movie subtitles

That's Impossible, continue!
If we are to continue, we must find a station.
I can't continue my mission in this way!
And as we continue investigating the clues to this cosmic mystery, we have to remember to keep an open mind.
And. just. let's continue the convo later, okay?
No, no. Please continue.
You will continue at your current wage.
Please do continue your story, Julia.
I don't see much of a future for us if you continue to act this way.
You are making a big mistake, Mr. Yquem, if you continue to neglect your wife!
If you continue to refuse to see me, then tomorrow the whole city will know about that mysterious incident on the day of your betrothal to your husband.
The others continue the wild chase.
Well then, we shall continue pounding!
I must continue on to Borgo Pass.
The Netherlands continue to play an important role in an area where new discoveries are still being made, new instruments are being developed and the frontiers of our know-how and knowledge are constantly being pushed out.
Alright. Let's continue.
Forgive me, General, but I refuse to continue to debate with someone who compares our troops to Cossacks!
Go! Continue your journey!
For the time being, I'll continue the interrogation.
They brutally murdered civilians in order to make themselves relevant. I have no intention of letting that continue.
That's why I'm here, to ensure they continue living free. and that's what I intend to do!
He may continue to be very, very useful to us.
Yes, and I'll continue to be liberal.
Shall we continue?
At once, Jacques. We'll continue later.
Frankie, on my father's life, Until you realize our right to share the soccer pitch, we will continue to sting you, and sting you like a swarm of killer bees. Okay, okay, come on, come on.
This can't continue, she needs to overcome those memories.
He hated it the most when WOC united the North and South. So, if we were to join the WOC, won't it be definite that he will continue creating trouble for the Royal Family?
Just let him continue being anxious for a while. Now he should be able to see that we are teasing Lee Jae Sin. The Royal Committee, in accordance with Article 14 Section 2 of the Royal Family Act, hereby selects Princess Lee Jae Sin for inheritance.
Also, between the South and North, continue to pressure them.
Should I continue to put up with this, or not?
Why does Musashi continue to fight?
I cannot continue to serve a king who has taken from me what I hold so dear.
Bless, O Lord, this ring, that he who gives it and she who wears it may abide in thy peace and continue in thy favor unto their life's end.
We'll continue later.
Will continue to do everything possible.
So our hero wrote letters to MacCaulay, signing Wynant's name. so that MacCaulay would continue to send the money to Julia.
I will continue working.

News and current affairs

So, yes, there are solid fundamentals that arguably support today's higher gold price, although it is far more debatable whether and to what extent they will continue to support higher prices in the future.
Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.
Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.
Of course, we want to continue to find ways to make ourselves less vulnerable and terrorists more so.
Relations with Russia are of vital importance if Europe is to continue to improve the quality of life of its citizens and address concerns of safety.
But this substitution cannot continue indefinitely.
Serbia would save face, and would continue to have a say on crucial matters concerning Kosovo, including the treatment of the Serbian minority.
But the parliament he has in mind is a mutant, one where the authoritarian rule of the criminal clans Kuchma controls will continue, unabated, behind the facade of parliamentary procedure.
The response - massive spending cuts - ensures that unacceptably high levels of unemployment (a vast waste of resources and an oversupply of suffering) will continue, possibly for years.
To contain today's financial and economic crisis, Europe will also need to continue the cooperation that it has shown up to this point.
We are approaching a point of no return, at which feedback loops will kick in and continue to warm the planet, no matter what we do.
Certainly, it mollifies China's leaders, offering them a stronger incentive to continue to work within the existing international monetary regime.
They continue to favor strategies that are better suited to combating crisis than to promoting post-crisis healing.
There should be no doubt about the answer: it is clearly in the EU's interest to see Turkey's democracy and economy continue to strengthen.
Surveys promoted by financial firms tend to show that trust in them has not diminished much, and that people continue to trust them even more than they do the National Health Service or the BBC.
Likewise, use of the renminbi for the purpose of invoicing and settling trade with China is bound to continue growing.
So the good news is that developing countries can continue to grow rapidly even if world trade slows in and there is reduced appetite for capital flows and trade imbalances.
While sovereign credit quality has deteriorated virtually across the board, and will most probably continue to do so, the implications for individual countries vary.

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