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con·tin·ue

(kən-tĭn′yo͞o)

v. con·tin·ued, con·tin·u·ing, con·tin·ues

v.intr.

1. To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist: We continued until the job was finished.

2. To exist over a period; last: The meeting continued for another hour.

3. To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.

4. To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for dinner.

5. To extend in a given direction: The stream continues for another five miles before it reaches the lake.

v.tr.

1. To carry on; persist in: The police will continue their investigation. I continued reading all afternoon.

2. To carry further in time, space, or development; extend: The builder will continue the road right through the swamp.

3. To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain: Are you continuing the prescription? The team continued its dominance over its opponents.

4. To carry on after an interruption; resume: After a break for lunch, we continued our hike.

5. Law To postpone or adjourn.

[Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre, from continuus, continuous, from continēre, to hold together; see contain.]

con·tin′u·a·ble adj.

con·tin′u·er n.

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Adj.	1.	continuing - remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table" continued - without stop or interruption; "to insure the continued success of the war"; "the continued existence of nationalism"; "the continued popularity of Westerns"
	2.	continuing - of long duration; "chronic money problems" chronic long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

continuing

adjective lasting, sustained, enduring, ongoing, in progress We advocate a continuing process of constitutional discussion.

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continuing

adjective

1. Existing or remaining in the same state for an indefinitely long time:

abiding, durable, enduring, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, old, perdurable, perennial, permanent, persistent.

2. Of long duration:

chronic, lingering, persistent, prolonged, protracted.

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continuing

[kənˈtɪnjʊɪŋ]

A. ADJ [argument] → irresoluto; [correspondence] → continuado

B. CPD continuing education N cursos de enseñanza para adultos

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continuing

adj → ständig, fortgesetzt; process → stetig, kontinuierlich (geh)

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Nothing appears more plausible at first sight, nor more ill-founded upon close inspection, than a scheme which in relation to the present point has had some respectable advocates -- I mean that of continuing the chief magistrate in office for a certain time, and then excluding him from it, either for a limited period or forever after.

And we need not be apprehensive that there will be too much stability, while there is even the option of changing; nor need we desire to prohibit the people from continuing their confidence where they think it may be safely placed, and where, by constancy on their part, they may obviate the fatal inconveniences of fluctuating councils and a variable policy.

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In any case, the recent slowing of the economic expansion, combined with the wage and price restraint evident at current levels of resource utilization and continuing business efforts to expand capacity, suggested that there was little risk of a pickup in inflation.

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It is conceivable that refinancing of homes may level off, as consumers shift their attention to areas such as continuing to stay employed and seeking to cutback slightly on debit household expenses to make it through a wary and uncertain first two quarters of the year.

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Continuing education is part of the continuum of social work education, which can include an associate degree in human services, professional social work education on the bachelor's and master's levels, and doctoral level education.

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With real estate continuing to be a safe investment option, the current market will continue to be nourished with capital, the fuel for development and liquidity.

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(Tulsa, OK) has acquired the publishing and continuing education business of the Academy of Dental Therapeutics and Stomatology and Odontos World Media (ADTS; Santa Monica, CA) from the company's founder and president, Michael Florman.

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Their situation has gone from bad to worse in the last two years, continuing a decline in market share that began in January 1997, from about 25% to about 17.5%.

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To return to Henley-in-Arden (42), you may want to make your way to the train station, by heading through the centre of Stratford up Bridge Street, passing the American fountain after 400m, and continuing west.

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