continues

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of continue.

   The committee continues its review of the proposed budget.

   Despite the setback, the team continues without its injured captain.

   Note

   The -s form agrees with he, she, it or any singular noun subject. Every other present-tense subject takes bare continue. It works in both constructions the verb allows: with an object, as in a committee that continues its review, and without one, as in a team that simply continues. The same spelling also serves as the gaming noun's plural, so the words around it show which one you are reading.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of continue.

   The remastered edition grants players unlimited continues on the easiest difficulty.

   Veteran gamers pride themselves on clearing the level with no continues at all.

   Note

   A gamer's count noun: each continue is one chance to resume after game over while keeping the progress already made, so the plural tallies those chances. It pairs naturally with quantity words such as unlimited continues, three continues, or no continues at all. Unlike the verb form it shares a spelling with, it takes numbers and determiners, which is the quickest way to tell the two apart.

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