0 present participle of continue
1 to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to do this:
[ + to infinitive ] It's said that as the boat went down the band continued to play.
[ + -ing verb ] If she continues drinking like that, I'll have to carry her home.
If the rain continues, we'll have to cancel tonight's plans.
Sally Palmer will be continuing as chairperson this autumn.
After stopping for a quick drink, they continued on their way.
[ + -ing verb ] He paused for a moment to listen and then continued eating.
The president continued by saying that his country was a free country and would always remain so.
[ + speech ] "I don't like your weather!" she shouted, "and I don't," she continued, "like your food!"
The repair work on the south-bound lane of the motorway will continue until June.
Please resume your seats, as the performance will continue in two minutes.
I'd like to continue this discussion but we're all out of time.
Football's popularity continues to grow.
Information of that type can best be obtained through continuing longitudinal study of highly stressed samples such as the present one.
There is also the continuing failure of law enforcement to control illegal harvesting, under-reporting and smuggling of the timber.
Second, we wanted to ascertain the power of maternal depression by assessing its continuing predictive role in the presence of later socialization influences.
