continued
UK/kənˈtɪn.juːd//kənˈtɪn.jud/
continued adjective: prolonged; unstopped. Also the simple past and past participle of continue.
Adjective
continued (not comparable)
- Prolonged; unstopped.
- […] and for the pronunciation of F, a more continued ſound is neceſſary than for that of any of the conſonants.1797, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hiſtory, page 20
- 1819 [1736], Joseph Butler, Andrew Kippis (biography of the author), Samuel Hallifax (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, page 93,
But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued, oftener repeated, and more intense, as...
- Uninterrupted.
- Resumed after a division or pause.
- This article is continued on page 57.
Also used as
continued is also the simple past and past participle of continue.
continued meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
continued in Hindi
- जारी रखा, जारी रखा गया
continued in Tamil
- தொடர்ந்தது, தொடர்ந்தார்
continued in Marathi
- चालू ठेवले, पुढे चालू ठेवले
continued in Malayalam
- തുടർന്നു, തുടരുകയും ചെയ്തു
More languagesFewer languages
- continued in Kannada
- ಮುಂದುವರೆಯಿತು, ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಿತು, ಮುಂದುವರಿದ
- continued in Punjabi
- ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ, ਜਾਰੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ
- continued in Gujarati
- ચાલુ રાખ્યું, ચાલુ રાખ્યા, ચાલુ રાખ્યું હતું
- continued in Odia
- ଜାରି ରଖିଲେ
Examples of continued in a sentence
- In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century.
- The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
Forms of continued
| alternative contraction | cont'd |
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Words formed from continued
Phrases with continued
Questions about continued
- What does continued mean?
- Continued means prolonged; unstopped.
- What is continued in Hindi?
- Continued in Hindi is जारी रखा, जारी रखा गया. See Continued meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is continued?
- Continued is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce continued?
- Continued is pronounced /kənˈtɪn.juːd/ (UK).
Words near continued in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: continued (page history and authors); continued (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); continued (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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