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insist
English
Etymology
Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin ?nsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: in?sist
Verb
insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)
- (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
- (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
- (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
- (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Translations
Anagrams
- INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in
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continue
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)
- (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- (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?
- , New York, 2001, p.74:
- (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 […].
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p.257:
- (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.
- (intransitive) To resume.
- (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
- (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)
- (video games) An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
- (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
- Inflected form of continu
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.ti.ny/
Verb
continue
- first-person singular present indicative of continuer
- third-person singular present indicative of continuer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of continuer
- second-person singular imperative of continuer
Adjective
continue
- feminine singular of continu
Anagrams
- couinent
Interlingua
Adjective
continue (comparative plus continue, superlative le plus continue)
- continuous
Italian
Adjective
continue
- feminine plural of continuo
Latin
Adjective
continue
- 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
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of continuar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of continuar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of continuar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of continuar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?ti.nu.e/
Adjective
continue (plural)
- feminine plural of continuu
- neuter plural of continuu
Verb
continue (third person subjunctive)
- third-person singular present subjunctive of continua
- third-person plural present subjunctive of continua
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