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Definition of continued in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of continued. What does continued mean? Information and translations of continued in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. 7 ways to abbreviate Continued updated 2020. How to abbreviate Continued? The most popular abbreviation for Continued is: contd.

You will find official abbreviations in the dictionary. Other words are abbreviated by leaving out letters and inserting an apostrophe, e.g., can’t or it’s. We also call them contractions.According to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary and The Chicago Manual of Style, the abbreviation for continued is cont.However, some writers also use cont’d.

They have abbreviated the word by omitting letters.This is a style issue. As long as your reader understands your meaning, you could use either word.

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Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɪnjuːd/

• Audio (US)

Adjective[edit]

continued (not comparable)

1. (dated)Prolonged; unstopped.
   • 1797, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hiſtory, page 20,

     […]and for the pronunciation of F, a more continued ſound is neceſſary than for that of any of the conſonants.

   • 1819 [1736], Joseph Butler, Andrew Kippis (biography of the author), Samuel Hallifax (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, page 93,

     But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued, oftener repeated, and more intense, as it must be in circumstances of danger, temptation, and difficulty of any kind and any degree, this tendency is increased proportionably, and a more confirmed habit is the consequence.

   • 1820, A. P. Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Fevers: Including the Various Species of Simple and Eruptive Fevers‎^[1], page 57:

     Instead of becoming more continued, intermittents sometimes become less so, which is always favourable.

2. Uninterrupted.

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Verb[edit]

continued

1. simple past tense and past participle of continue

Noun[edit]

Star fox 64 3d emulator. continued (pluralcontinueds)

1. the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued
   • 2015, {unattributed}, Hollywood Screenwriting Directory Spring/Summer Volume 6: A Specialized ..

     'Use mores and continueds between pages to indicate the same character is still speaking.'

Anagrams[edit]

• un-noticed, unnoticed