'Continuing' definitions:
Definition of 'continuing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Remaining in force or being carried on without letup; "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
adjective
Of long duration; "chronic money problems" [syn: chronic, continuing]
Definition of 'Continuing'
From: GCIDE
- Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Continued; p. pr. & vb. n. Continuing.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]
- 1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. [1913 Webster]
- Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. --Matt. xv. 32. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. [1913 Webster]
- But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam. xiii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. [1913 Webster]
- If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31.
- Syn: To persevere; persist. See Persevere. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'continuing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- age-long,
- aged,
- ancient,
- antique,
- articulated,
- assiduous,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- changeless,
- chronic,
- concatenated,
- connected,
- constant,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuous,
- cyclical,
- diligent,
- direct,
- diuturnal,
- dogged,
- durable,
- endless,
- enduring,
- evergreen,
- faithful,
- featureless,
- firm,
- fixed,
- frozen,
- gapless,
- hardy,
- immediate,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- incessant,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- insistent,
- intact,
- interminable,
- intransient,
- inveterate,
- invincible,
- inviolate,
- joined,
- jointless,
- lasting,
- lifelong,
- linked,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- loyal,
- macrobiotic,
- monotonous,
- never-ending,
- never-tiring,
- nonstop,
- obstinate,
- of long duration,
- of long standing,
- old,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- perdurable,
- perduring,
- perennial,
- periodic,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- quiescent,
- rapt,
- recurrent,
- relentless,
- remaining,
- repetitive,
- resolute,
- rigid,
- round-the-clock,
- running,
- seamless,
- sedulous,
- sempervirent,
- serried,
- single-minded,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- smooth,
- solid,
- stable,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- sticking,
- straight,
- stubborn,
- sustained,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- torpid,
- tough,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unabating,
- unaltered,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- undestroyed,
- undifferentiated,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- undying,
- unending,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- uniform,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unshifting,
- unsleeping,
- unstopped,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vital,
- weariless
Words containing 'Continuing'
- Continuable,
- Continual,
- Continually,
- Continuance,
- Continuant,
- Continuate,
- Continuation,
- Continuative,
- Continuator,
- Continue,
- Continued,
- Continuedly,
- Continuer,
- Continuities,
- Continuity,
- Continuous,
- Continuously,
- Continuousness,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued bass,
- Continued fever,
- Continued fraction,
- Continued proportion,
- Continuous brake,
- Continuous impost,
- Law of continuity,
- Solution of continuity,
- continuant consonant,
- continuing education,
- continuing trespass,
- continuous current,
- continuous tense,
- good continuation,
- law of continuation,
- continuity army council,
- continuous creation theory,
- continuous receiver watch,
- continuity irish republican army