continue verb [ I/T ] us / kənˈtɪn·ju / Add to word list 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.

to keep talking from the point of stopping or being interrupted:[ used with quotations] "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,'' he continued. continue is a verb, continuous is an adjective, continuity is a noun: I continued to try harder.

continue verb (NEVER STOP) Add to word list B1 to keep happening, existing, or doing something: [ + to do sth ] It continued to snow heavily for three days. [ + doing sth ] Ann continued working part-time until June.