How to Spell continue
continue
continue - verb
- To maintain without interruption a condition, course, or action
- To remain in existence : endure
- To remain in a place or condition : stay
- To resume an activity after interruption
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"The boat continued downstream."
Etymology
Middle English continuen "to persist, persevere, last, postpone (a hearing or trial)," borrowed from Anglo-French continuer, borrowed from Latin continuāre "to make continuous, extend in space, keep on with," verbal derivative of continuus "uninterrupted, continuous