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continuing

UK/kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ//kənˈtɪn.juɪŋ/

continuing is the present participle and gerund of continue.

Meaning of continue

Verb

continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)

  1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
    • Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
    Synonyms:
    extend, run
  2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
    • Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?, New York, 2001, p.74
  3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
    • […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
    • Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  5. (intransitive) To resume.
    • When will the concert continue?
  6. (transitive) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
    • This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.

See all 8 meanings of continue

Noun

continuing (plural continuings)

  1. A continuation.

Adjective

continuing (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.
    • […]in the Bootle by-election of 1990 they were beaten by the Monster Raving Loony Party, and the continuing SDP gave up the ghost shortly afterwards.2005 May 6, Andrew T. Russell, Andrew Russell, Ed Fieldhouse, Neither Left Nor Right: The Liberal Democrats and the Electorate, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 35
    • The 'continuing' Liberal Party was launched in 1989 by those party members unhappy with the merger with the Social Democrats.2010 August 31, C. Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party: The Road Back to Power, Springer, →ISBN, page 335
    Synonyms:
    continuity

Synonyms of continuing

Forms of continuing

pluralcontinuings

Phrases with continuing

Questions about continuing

What does continuing mean?
Continuing means a continuation.
What is continuing the present participle and gerund of?
Continuing is the present participle and gerund of continue.
What part of speech is continuing?
Continuing can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce continuing?
Continuing is pronounced /kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of continuing?
The plural of continuing is continuings.

Words near continuing in the dictionary

  1. continuers
  2. continues
  3. continues on one's merry way
  4. continuest
  5. continueth
  6. continuing
  7. continuing education
  8. continuing on one's merry way
  9. continuing resolution
  10. continuing resolutions
  11. continuingly

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