# continue

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-TIN-yoo" /kənˈtɪnjuː/; UK

## Verb

1. To carry on with an activity already begun, or to extend how long it lasts.
   - Simple: To keep doing something you have already started.
   - _The committee voted to continue the investigation into next year._
   - _Despite the pouring rain, the band continued playing until well after midnight._
2. To remain, or keep someone or something, in a particular state, place, position, or office.
   - Simple: To stay, or keep someone or something, in the same place, condition, or job.
   - _They continue in good health despite their advanced age._
   - _The council asked the mayor to continue in office until a successor could be chosen._
3. To begin again after an interruption; to resume.
   - Simple: To start again after a pause or break.
   - _We can continue tomorrow if you are too tired now._
   - _The trial continued after the lunch recess._
5. In law, to postpone or adjourn a legal proceeding to a later date.
   - Simple: To put off a legal case or meeting to a later time.
   - _Defense counsel moved to continue the trial until the spring session._
   - _The court continued the matter pending further evidence._

## Noun

4. In a video game, an option that lets the player resume play after game over (when all lives are gone) while keeping their progress.
   - Simple: A choice in a video game that lets you keep playing after losing all your lives, without starting over.
   - _Spending a continue let him pick up right where he had died._
   - _Older arcade cabinets limited each player to a handful of continues._

## Other meanings

- (verb) In poker, to make a continuation bet: to keep betting on a later round after having led the betting on the previous one.

## Origin

Latin continuāre passed through Old French continuer into Middle English as continuen. It pushed out the native word thurghwonen, which Middle English had from Old English þurhwunian.

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