continuing
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Is continuing a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. continue a certain state, condition, or activityExamples: "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, keep, proceedAntonyms: discontinue
2. continue talking; he continued,Examples: "I know it's hard,"; "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"Synonyms: carry on, continue, go on, proceed
3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or lastExamples: "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, upholdAntonyms: discontinue
4. move ahead; travel onward in time or spaceExamples: "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"Synonyms: continue, go forward, proceed
5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or featureExamples: "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"Synonyms: continue, keep, keep on, retain
6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stopExamples: "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"Synonyms: continue, persist in
adjective satellite (English)
1. remaining in force or being carried on without letupExamples: "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"Synonyms: continuing
2. of long durationExamples: "chronic money problems"Synonyms: chronic, continuing
Definition source: Wiktionary