different between goto vs continue

English

Noun

goto (plural gotos)

1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of GOTO

   Overall, experience in the two decades that followed the publication of Dijkstra's letter showed the folly of producing goto-laden code.

Anagrams

• Togo, goot, to go, togo

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Latin guttur (“throat”). Compare French goitre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??oto?/

Noun

goto m (plural gotos)

1. gulp

   Synonyms: grolo, gulapo

2. throat; larynx; neck
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     estas llandooas jnchanse de gisa que asy apretan as gorgomellas et estreitan o goto por que espira o Cauallo

     this glands swell to the point that they squeeze the pharynx and narrow the throat, through which the horse breathes

   Synonym: gorxa

References

• “goto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “goto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “goto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “goto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Adjective

goto (feminine gota, masculine plural goti, feminine plural gote)

1. Gothic

   Synonym: gotico

Anagrams

• Togo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gòto f

1. definite singular of gòtu

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien ?? (gû-t??, “tripe”).

Noun

goto

1. ox or cow tripe
2. rice porridge mixed with tripe

Derived terms

• gotohan

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.

Noun

gòto m (plural gòti)

1. glass (drinking vessel, quantity)

English

Etymology

From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continu?re. Displaced native Old English þurhwunian.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n-t?n?yo?o, IPA^(key): /k?n?t?nju?/

Verb

continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)

1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
   • , New York, 2001, p.74:

     Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?

3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p.257:

     The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].

4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
   • He then passed by the fellow, who still continued in the posture in which he fell, and entered the room where Northerton, as he had heard, was confined.

5. (intransitive) To resume.

6. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

7. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.

Usage notes

• In the transitive sense, continue may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write".
• As continue conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").

Synonyms

• (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): carry on, crack on, go on with, keep, keep on, keep up, proceed with, sustain
• (intransitive, resume): carry on, go on, proceed, resume

Antonyms

• (transitive, proceed with, to prolong): terminate, stop, discontinue

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

continue (plural continues)

1. (video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
2. (programming) A statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it.

Coordinate terms

• (statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration): break

Anagrams

• un-notice, unnotice

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

continue

1. Inflected form of continu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ti.ny/

Verb

continue

1. first-person singular present indicative of continuer
2. third-person singular present indicative of continuer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
5. second-person singular imperative of continuer

Adjective

continue

1. feminine singular of continu

Anagrams

• couinent

Interlingua

Adjective

continue (comparative plus continue, superlative le plus continue)

1. continuous

Italian

Adjective

continue

1. feminine plural of continuo

Latin

Adjective

continue

1. vocative masculine singular of continuus

References

• continue in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• continue in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

continue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of continuar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of continuar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of continuar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of continuar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon?ti.nu.e/

Adjective

continue (plural)

1. feminine plural of continuu
2. neuter plural of continuu

Verb

continue (third person subjunctive)

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of continua
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of continua