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CONTINUING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remaining in force or being carried on without letup
Example:
the continuing struggle to put food on the table
Classified under:
Similar:
continued (without stop or interruption)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of long duration
Example:
chronic money problems
Synonyms:
chronic; continuing
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb continue
Context examples:
In China, however, the practice is embedded into daily life, continuing through elementary and middle school, even into adulthood.
(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Neither type of exercise prevented amyloid clumps — a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease — from continuing to develop in the brains of the 70 adults who participated in the study.
(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The regulations require that an IRB conduct continuing review of research at intervals appropriate to the degree of risk, but not less than once a year.
(Institutional Review Board Approval, NCI Thesaurus)
Cardiac cells from mice lacking the Hop gene fail to exit the cell cycle in the normal manner, continuing to proliferate past the normal developmental stage.
(HOP Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
An indication or description that an event or occurrence in an individual's medical history is continuing.
(Medical History Ongoing, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication or description of a continuing and significant impairment.
(Persistent or Significant Disability or Incapacity, NCI Thesaurus)
But since it is safe in your hands I see no object in continuing this business.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
An indication or description that the subject will be continuing on to next phase of the trial.
(Disposition Continuation, NCI Thesaurus)
Research, publications, mentoring, and continuing professional development are expected skill sets.
(Diabetes Management Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
