continue /kən-tinˈū/

1. To draw out or prolong
2. To extend
3. To maintain
4. To go on with
5. To resume
6. To adjourn (law)
7. To be a prolongation of

1. To remain in the same place or state
2. To last or endure
3. To persevere
4. To resume

continˈuable adjective

continˈual adjective

1. Constantly happening or done
2. Repeated
3. Unceasing
4. Persistent

continˈually adverb

continˈuance noun

1. Duration
2. Uninterrupted succession
3. Stay
4. Adjournment (law)

continˈuant adjective

1. Continuing
2. Capable of continuing

A consonant sound which is produced on an uninterrupted flow of breath (also adjective)

continˈuāte adjective

1. Closely united (obsolete)
2. Unbroken (Shakespeare)

continuāˈtion noun

1. Going on
2. Persistence
3. Constant succession
4. Extension
5. Resumption
6. A further instalment

continˈuative adjective

Continuing

A continuative word or phrase, such as so or yes

continˈuator noun

1. A person who continues
2. A person who keeps up a series or succession

continˈued adjective

1. Uninterrupted
2. Unceasing
3. Sustained
4. Extended
5. Resumed
6. In instalments

continˈuedly adverb

continˈuedness noun

continˈuer noun

1. Someone who or something that continues
2. A person who has the power of persevering

continūˈity noun

1. The state of being continuous or consistent
2. Uninterrupted connection
3. A complete scenario of a cinema film
4. The person who writes it (in full continuity writer)
5. The ordering or arrangement of film or television shots and scenes, or of parts of a radio broadcast, in a correct or consistent way

continuo /kon-tinˈū-ō (Ital -tēnˈwō)/ noun (pl continˈuos)

1. Thorough bass
2. The bass part as written for a keyboard instrument, with or without an accompaniment
3. The instruments playing this part

continˈuous adjective

1. Extending without interruption in space or time
2. Denoting a continuing action or state, in English usu expressed by be with the present participle, eg is working as distinct from works (grammar)

continˈuously adverb

continˈuousness noun

continˈūum noun (pl continˈuums or continˈua)

1. That which is continuous
2. That which must be regarded as continuous and the same and which can be described only relatively

continuation class noun (old)

A class for continuing the education of those who have left school

continuāˈtion-day same as contango-day (see under contango).

continuing education noun

Part-time courses of study for adult students

continuity announcer noun (radio, TV)

A person who supervises the continuity of a sequence of programmes, by linking programmes, filling gaps with interlude material, etc

continuity girl or continuity man noun

A person employed on the set of a cinema film to ensure continuity, esp in matters of costume, make-up, props, etc, between different shots

continuous assessment noun

The assessment of the progress of a pupil or student by intermittent checks, eg class tests, essays, etc, throughout the year

continuous creation noun

1. The notion of creation as going on always, not as a single act at one particular time (philosophy)
2. The steady-state theory of cosmology (astronomy)

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