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Definition of continues

"continues" in the verb sense

1. continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep

continue a certain state, condition, or activity

"Keep on working!"

"We continued to work into the night"

"Keep smiling"

"We went on working until well past midnight"

2. continue, go on, carry on, proceed

continue talking

"`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"

"carry on

3. continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve

keep or maintain in unaltered condition cause to remain or last

"preserve the peace in the family"

"continue the family tradition"

"Carry on the old traditions"

4. proceed, go forward, continue

move ahead travel onward in time or space

"We proceeded towards Washington"

"She continued in the direction of the hills"

"We are moving ahead in time now"

5. retain, continue, keep, keep on

allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

"We cannot continue several servants any longer"

"She retains a lawyer"

"The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"

"Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"

"We kept the work going as long as we could"

"She retained her composure"

"this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

6. continue, persist in

do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

"We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

"The landlord persists in asking us to move"

7. continue

continue after an interruption

"The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

8. stay, stay on, continue, remain

continue in a place, position, or situation

"After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"

"Stay with me, please"

"despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"

"She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

9. cover, continue, extend

span an interval of distance, space or time

"The war extended over five years"

"The period covered the turn of the century"

"My land extends over the hills on the horizon"

"This farm covers some 200 acres"

"The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"

10. continue

exist over a prolonged period of time

"The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

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Quotations for continues

As amber attracts a straw, so does beauty admiration, which only lasts while the warmth continues. [ Robert Burton ]

It is the strange fate of man that even in the greatest evils the fear of worse continues to haunt him. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

There is nothing which continues longer than a moderate fortune; nothing of which one sees sooner the end than a large fortune. [ Bruyere ]

He who kindly shows the way to one who has gone astray, acts as though he had lighted another's lamp from his own, which both gives light to the other and continues to shine for himself. [ Cicero ]

Their origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain. [ Dr. Johnson ]

There is no power like that of oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears; Cicero, by captivating their affections and swaying their passions. The influence of the one perished with its author; that of the other continues to this day. [ Henry Clay ]

Mutability is the badge of infirmity; it is seldom that a man continues to wish and design the same thing two days alike; now he is for marrying, and now a mistress is preferred to a wife; now he is ambitious and aspiring, presently the meanest servant is not more humble than he; this hour he squanders his money away, the next he turns miser; sometimes he is frugal and serious, at other times profuse, airy, and gay. [ Charron ]

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The word continues is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

consent, intones, noncute, nonsuit, notices, section, suction, tension, unction, unstoic

 

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continues in Words With Friends™

The word continues is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters continues:

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

consent, intones, noncute, nonsuit, notices, section, suction, tension, unction, unstoic

 

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