Definition of: continue

(kən·tin′y) v. ·tin·ued, ·tin·u·ing v.t.
1. To extend or prolong in space or time.
2. To persist in or carry forward.
3. To cause to last or remain, as in a position or office.
4. To take up again, as a course of action or a narrative, after an interruption.
5. Law To postpone, as a judicial proceeding; grant a continuance of.
—v.i.
6. To be durable; last; endure.
7. To keep on or persist.
8. To remain, as in a place or position; abide.
9. To resume after an interruption. See synonyms under ABIDE, LIVE, PERSEVERE, PERSIST, PROTRACT, STAND. [<L continuare <continuus <continere. See CONTAIN.]
—con·tin′u·a·ble adjective
—con·tin′u·er noun