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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. More examplesFewer examples. The board is concerned about a continuing police investigation into the firm's activities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
v.t. to go on with or persist in: to continue an action. to carry on from the point of suspension or interruption: He continued the concert after the latecomers were seated. to extend from one point to another in space; prolong. to say in continuation. to cause to last or endure;
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. see more. verb. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop. “We continued our research into the cause of the illness” synonyms: persist in. keep, keep on, retain. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
