Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of continue
"The team continues are celebrating their victory on the field."
In plain English: A continues is a person who keeps doing something without stopping.
"The team continues its winning streak with another victory today."
Usage: The word "continues" is never used as a noun; it is strictly a verb form meaning to persist or go on. If you need a noun referring to something that has been ongoing, use the singular "continuation" or the plural "continuities."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue
"The rain continues to pour all afternoon without any sign of stopping."
In plain English: To continue means to keep doing something without stopping.
"The rain continues to fall all night long."
Usage: Use continues to describe an action or state that persists without interruption when the subject is he, she, or it. Avoid using it for plural subjects like they or we, which require the base form continue instead.
Continues derives from Latin continuus, meaning "uninterrupted," which comes from continere ("to hold together"). It entered English via Old French as an adjective describing something that persists without break.