Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
continue, go on, carry on, proceed
(verb) continue talking; ââI know itâs hardâ, he continued, âbut there is no choiceââ; âcarry on--pretend we are not in the roomâ
proceed, go forward, continue
(verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space; âWe proceeded towards Washingtonâ; âShe continued in the direction of the hillsâ; âWe are moving ahead in time nowâ
retain, continue, keep, keep on
(verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; âWe cannot continue several servants any longerâ; âShe retains a lawyerâ; âThe familyâs fortune waned and they could not keep their household staffâ; âOur grant has run out and we cannot keep you onâ; âWe kept the work going as long as we couldâ; âShe retained her composureâ; âthis garment retains its shape even after many washingsâ
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; âpreserve the peace in the familyâ; âcontinue the family traditionâ; âCarry on the old traditionsâ
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity; âKeep on working!â; âWe continued to work into the nightâ; âKeep smilingâ; âWe went on working until well past midnightâ
cover, continue, extend
(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time; âThe war extended over five yearsâ; âThe period covered the turn of the centuryâ; âMy land extends over the hills on the horizonâ; âThis farm covers some 200 acresâ; âThe Archipelago continues for another 500 milesâ
stay, stay on, continue, remain
(verb) continue in a place, position, or situation; âAfter graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviserâ; âStay with me, pleaseâ; âdespite student protests, he remained Dean for another yearâ; âShe continued as deputy mayor for another yearâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(transitive) To make last; to prolong.
(transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
(intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
(intransitive) To resume.
(transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
• In the transitive sense, continue may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write".
• As continue conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").
• (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): carry on, go on with, keep, keep on, proceed with, sustain
• (intransitive, resume): carry on, go on, proceed, resume
• (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): terminate, stop, discontinue
continue (plural continues)
(video games) An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
(programming) A statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it.
• (statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration): break
• un-notice, unnotice
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tin"ue, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Continued; p.pr. & vb.n. Continuing.] Etym: [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]
1. To remain ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32.
2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. 1 Sam. xiii. 14.
3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John viii. 31.
Syn.
– To persevere; persist. See Persevere.
Con*tin"ue, v. t.
1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.
2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi. 10. You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.
3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length. A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frall world. Milton.
4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live. And how shall we continue Claudio. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.