continued

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɪnjuːd/

Adjective

continued (not comparable)

1. (dated) Prolonged; unstopped.
   • 1797, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hiſtory, [http://books.google.com/books?id=0NZRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20&dq=%22more|most+continued%22&hl=en&ei=I6-GTrL_EsL2mAXB87Ul&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20continued%22&f=false page 20],

     […] and for the pronunciation of F, a more continued ſound is neceſſary than for that of any of the conſonants.

   • 1819 [1736], Joseph Butler, Andrew Kippis (biography of the author), Samuel Hallifax (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, [http://books.google.com/books?id=7JsPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA93&dq=%22more|most+continued%22&hl=en&ei=I6-GTrL_EsL2mAXB87Ul&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20continued%22&f=false page 93],

     But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued, oftener repeated, and more intense, as it must be in circumstances of danger, temptation, and difficulty of any kind and any degree, this tendency is increased proportionably, and a more confirmed habit is the consequence.

2. Uninterrupted.

Translations

• French: continu
• German: fortgesetzt, kontinuierlich, anhaltend , fortgeführt, weitergeführt, unausgesetzt
• Italian: continuo
• Portuguese: contínuo
• Spanish: continuo

Related terms

• continuedly

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of continue

Noun

continued (plural continueds)

1. the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued
   • 2015, {unattributed}, Hollywood Screenwriting Directory Spring/Summer Volume 6: A Specialized ... ↗

     "Use mores and continueds between pages to indicate the same character is still speaking."

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