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Continues
/kənˈtɪnjuːz/
An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
📖 Definitions of "Continues"
- 1
An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
- 2
A statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements following it.
- 1
To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
"Do you want me to continue to unload these?"
- 2
To make last; to prolong.
- 3
To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- 4
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Continues"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| carry onverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before. |
| keep onverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To persist or continue. |
| keepverb | (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. |
| go onverb | (intransitive) To continue an action. |
| stayverb | (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide. |
| stay onverb | (idiomatic) to continue in a place or situation, while others leave. |
| proceedverb | To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on. |
| retainverb | (transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. |
| bear onverb | To influence, have an effect on. |
| upholdverb | To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling |
| remainverb | To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. |
| go alongverb | To participate, cooperate, or conform. |
| preserveverb | To protect; to keep from harm or injury. |
| go forwardverb | move ahead; travel onward in time or space |
| persist inverb | carry forward |
| always | At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning. |
| bidesverb | (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain. |
| carriesverb | (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| ceasesverb | (formal, intransitive) To stop. |
| chasesverb | (transitive) To pursue. |
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