continued

[kuhn-tin-yood]

adjective

1. lasting or enduring without interruption.

   continued good health.

2. going on after an interruption; resuming.

   a continued TV series.

Other Word Forms

• continuedly adverb
• continuedness noun
• uncontinued adjective
• well-continued adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of continued¹

continue + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Hospices, palliative-care centers, and long-term care wards for dementia patients continued to observe the condition during the 20th century but usually treated it as a curious episode that didn’t warrant a write-up.

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"We ask that people treat our staff, from the CEO to the interns and volunteers, with kindness and respect," it continued.

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"We acted as soon as conditions allowed it," she continued, adding that the Fund had responded "immediately" to the new administration's request for a loan program.

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Stocks rose Thursday as signs of continued solid demand for artificial-intelligence products and solid corporate earnings allowed investors to look past escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

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Asset management and administration fees were up 13% year over year, lifted by organic growth, equity market appreciation and continued investor adoption of the company’s wealth- and asset-management solutions, the company said.

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Related Words

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• boundless 
• constant 
• continual 
• enduring 
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• indestructible 
• infinite 
• interminable 
• lasting 
• never-ending 
• perennial 
• permanent 
• perpetual 
• relentless 
• timeless 
• unceasing 
• unending