continue

1. 1

   To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).transitive

   • Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
   • Do you want me to continue to unload these?
2. 2

   To make last; to prolong.transitive

   • Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
3. 3

   To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.transitive

   • […] 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 […]
   • The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].
4. 4

   To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.intransitive

   • Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire.
   • They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
5. 5

   To resume.intransitive

   • When will the concert continue?
6. 6

   To adjourn, prorogue, put off.transitive

   • This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
7. 7

   To make a continuation bet.slang

syn. carry on · crack on · go on with · keep · keep on · keep up · proceed with · sustain · retain

ant. terminate · stop · discontinue

1. 1

   An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.

   • So if you died battling the green monster inside the cave—and you had run out of lives—maybe a continue would be available.
   • Moreover, where three lives and a sparse availability of extra life-giving '1-Ups' marked the 1991 experience, the iPod player is offered an unlimited number of continues with which to progress through the gameworld.