Not your computer? Use a private browsing window to sign in. Learn more about using Guest mode Next Create account Continues is a verb, meaning to go on or resume, typically used in the third person singular.

Understanding the Context

Continuous is an adjective, describing something ongoing without interruption. The term remission reflects remission of positive symptoms, not remission of the underlying disorder which continues to have a major negative impact despite optimal treatment. Find 90 different ways to say CONTINUES, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com. When anything goes on without a break, like the middle school variety show, it continues, uninterrupted.

Key Insights

You can also continue something that was paused or set aside. 1. to go on or keep on without interruption, as in some course or action: The road continues for three miles. 2. to go on after suspension or interruption; resume.

Final Thoughts

3. to last or endure: The strike continued for two months. 4. to remain in a particular state or capacity: He agreed to continue as commander. 5. to remain in a place; abide; stay.

If something continues or if you continue it, it starts again after a break or interruption. He denies 18 charges. The trial continues today. Definition of continue verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.