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US /kənˈtɪnjud/ UK /kənˈtɪnjuːd/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
carried on without interruption; ongoing

The newspaper thanked readers for their continued support.

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1 adj · carried on without... ongoing sustained continuous uninterrupted persistent unceasing continual

Opposites

discontinuedinterrupted ceased ended

Word family

Derived forms continuedlycontinuedness

Related forms continue continuation continuance

Etymology

Past participle of the verb continue (from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare 'to make continuous'), from continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together').

continuare Latin continere Latin

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# continued

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** kənˈtɪnjud
**IPA (UK):** kənˈtɪnjuːd

## Meanings
1. carried on without interruption; ongoing

## Examples
- The newspaper thanked readers for their continued support.

## Synonyms
- ongoing
- sustained
- continuous
- uninterrupted
- persistent
- unceasing
- continual

## Antonyms
- discontinued
- interrupted
- ceased
- ended

## Derived Forms
- continuedly
- continuedness

## Related Forms
- continue
- continuation
- continuance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: continuare
- Root: continere

## Etymology
Past participle of the verb continue (from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare 'to make continuous'), from continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together').

## AI Etymology
Continued is the past participle of the verb continue (from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare 'to make continuous'), from continuus ('uninterrupted'), from continere ('to hold together'). The ancestry passes through Latin continuare and Latin continere. In present use as an adjective, it means "carried on without interruption; ongoing", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include continue, continuation, and continuance; derived forms include continuedly and continuedness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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