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Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist.
  • verb-intransitive. To exist over a prolonged period; last.
  • verb-intransitive. To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.
  • verb-intransitive. To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for lunch.
  • v. To carry forward; persist in: The police will continue their investigation.
  • v. To carry further in time, space, or development; extend.
  • v. To cause to remain or last; retain.
  • v. To carry on after an interruption; resume.
  • v. Law To postpone or adjourn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
  • v. To make last; to prolong.
  • v. To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
  • v. to resume
  • v. To make a continuation bet.
  • n. an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
  • n. an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  • verb-intransitive. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • v. To unite; to connect.
  • v. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
  • v. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
  • v. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; ; also, to suffer to live.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To connect or unite; make continuous.
  • To extend from one point to another; produce or draw out in length: as, continue the line from A to B; let the line be continued to the boundary.
  • To protract or carry on; not to cease from or terminate.
  • To persevere in; not to cease to do or use: as, to continue the same diet.
  • To carry on from the point of suspension; resume the course of; extend in the same course: as, to continue a line of railroad from its present terminus; the story will be continued next week.
  • To suffer or cause to remain as before; retain: as, to continue judges in their posts.
  • To keep enduringly; prolong the state or life of.
  • To go forward or onward in any course or action; proceed: the opposite of cease: as, he continued talking for some minutes more.
  • To persevere; be steadfast or constant in any course.
  • To remain in a state or place; abide or stay indefinitely.
  • To last; be durable; endure; be permanent.
  • Synonyms Sojourn, etc. See abide.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. exist over a prolonged period of time
  • v. span an interval of distance, space or time
  • v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  • v. continue talking
  • v. continue after an interruption
  • v. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
  • v. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  • v. continue a certain state, condition, or activity
  • v. continue in a place, position, or situation
  • v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  • Antonym
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    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    act    move    sustain    keep up    prolong   
    Cross Reference
    extend    prolong    keep    maintain    sustain   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    persevere    persist    endure    last    abide    unite    connect    retain    proceed    go on   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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