CONTINUING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does continuing mean? 

• CONTINUING (adjective)
  The adjective CONTINUING has 2 senses:

1. remaining in force or being carried on without letup

2. of long duration

  Familiarity information: CONTINUING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINUING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remaining in force or being carried on without letup

Context example:

the continuing struggle to put food on the table

Similar:

continued (without stop or interruption)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of long duration

Synonyms:

chronic; continuing

Context example:

chronic money problems

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)

 Context examples 

In a study that followed participants after OIT successfully desensitized them to peanut, discontinuing OIT or continuing OIT at a reduced dose led to a decline in its protective effects.

(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

"We're continuing to collect data on buried ice on Mars, zeroing in on the best places for astronauts to land."

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

This shows the expansion from the explosion is still continuing about 450 years later, as seen from Earth’s vantage point roughly 10,000 light years away.

(Chandra Movie Captures Expanding Debris from a Stellar Explosion, NASA)

The team is continuing to keep an eye on the star with Spitzer.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)

In addition, the star has had much subtler but longer-term enigmatic dimming trends, with one continuing today.

(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)

Life could have originated in the same way it did on Earth - with self-replicating molecules becoming more and more complex while continuing to reproduce.

(Life Could Exist on Moon 4 Billion Years Ago, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The initial discovery of M. moyowamkia happened in 2004, when part of the skeleton was discovered high in a cliff wall overlooking the seasonally dry Mtuka riverbed, with excavations continuing through 2008.

(New dinosaur with heart-shaped tail offers clues to evolution of Africa's ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Mars is continuing this trend by staying in Libra until November 18.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“Mind! I tell you!” said Uriah, continuing to warn me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)