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- Dictionarycontinuing/kənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. without a break in continuity; ongoing: "a continuing controversy"
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happening or existing without stopping: You can visit our website to watch continuing coverage of the tournament. Her article points out the continuing increases in the cost of raising children. Fewer examples. The board is concerned about a continuing police investigation into the firm's activities.
1. not ended; ongoing. Every time she tried to think of a continuing future for herself, she felt weak and blocked. the continuing search for synthetic antimalarial drugs. present participle of verb. 2. See continue. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
[intransitive, transitive] to keep existing or happening without stopping. If the current trend continues, that number will increase 165 per cent by 2050. Police have not yet made any arrests, but investigations continue. + adv./prep. The exhibition continues until 25 July. Fighting continued for four years. The rain will continue into the evening.
1. : continuous, constant. continuing poverty. 2. : needing no renewal : enduring. continuing fame. a continuing contract. continuingly adverb. Synonyms. ceaseless. continual. continued. continuous. incessant. nonstop. perpetual. running. unbroken. unceasing. uninterrupted. unremitting. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Anything described as continuing is ongoing; it's doesn't stop. A continuing rain goes on and on and on. When something continues, it doesn't end, so anything that is continuing lacks an ending.
happening or existing without stopping: You can visit our website to watch continuing coverage of the tournament. Her article points out the continuing increases in the cost of raising children. Fewer examples. The board is concerned about a continuing police investigation into the firm's activities.
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to keep happening or to keep doing something without stopping: [ + to infinitive ] If it continues to rain, we may have to cancel the outdoor concert. [ + to infinitive ] I will continue to say what I believe. They continued hoping there would be additional survivors.
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 remain or cause to remain in a particular condition, capacity, or place. 2. (when tr, may take an infinitive) to carry on uninterruptedly (a course of action); persist in (something) he continued running. 3. (when tr, may take an infinitive) to resume after an interruption. we'll continue after lunch.
