continue

/kənˈtɪnjuː/

意味: 続ける

例文: Kai continued reading despite Momo’s loud purring.
　　  モモの大きなゴロゴロにも関わらずカイは読み続けた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: continue working(働き続ける), continue talking(話し続ける), continue growing(成長し続ける)

定義: 続ける、続行する、やめずに続けること。何かを始めた後、それをやめずに続けることを指します。例えば、話を続ける、仕事を続ける、成長を続けるなどの状況で使われます。

continueは約8,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Verb: continue talking; he continued,
Verb: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Verb: move ahead; travel onward in time or space
Verb: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
Verb: do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
Verb: continue after an interruption
Verb: continue in a place, position, or situation
Verb: span an interval of distance, space or time
Verb: exist over a prolonged period of time

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please continue with your presentation; it’s quite engaging.(プレゼンテーションを続けてください。とても興味深いです。)
I can’t wait to continue our adventure together this weekend!(今週末、一緒に冒険を続けるのが待ちきれません！)
The committee voted to continue the project despite the challenges faced.(委員会は直面した課題にもかかわらず、プロジェクトを続けることを決議しました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Keep on working!
Verb: We continued to work into the night
Verb: Keep smiling
Verb: We went on working until well past midnight
Verb: I know it’s hard,
Verb: but there is no choice
Verb: carry on–pretend we are not in the room
Verb: preserve the peace in the family
Verb: continue the family tradition
Verb: Carry on the old traditions
Verb: We proceeded towards Washington
Verb: She continued in the direction of the hills
Verb: We are moving ahead in time now
Verb: We cannot continue several servants any longer
Verb: She retains a lawyer
Verb: The family’s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
Verb: Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on
Verb: We kept the work going as long as we could
Verb: She retained her composure
Verb: this garment retains its shape even after many washings
Verb: We continued our research into the cause of the illness
Verb: The landlord persists in asking us to move
Verb: The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
Verb: After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Verb: Stay with me, please
Verb: despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
Verb: She continued as deputy mayor for another year
Verb: The war extended over five years
Verb: The period covered the turn of the century
Verb: My land extends over the hills on the horizon
Verb: This farm covers some 200 acres
Verb: The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles
Verb: The bad weather continued for two more weeks

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bear on, carry on, continue, cover, extend, go along, go forward, go on, keep, keep on, persist in, preserve, proceed, remain, retain, stay, stay on, uphold

Antonyms(反意語): discontinue

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, be, keep, prolong, talk, travel

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, accompany, account, account for, act, act on, advance, alternate, angle, answer, antagonize, anticipate, appear, ascend, attack, attend, automobile, back, bake, balance, bang, be well, beat, beetle, begin, behave, belong, betake oneself, billow, bounce, breathe, breeze, buy, caravan, career, carry, center on, chat up, cheek, circle, circuit, circulate, clean, coact, cohere, come, come close, come in for, come in handy, come to the fore, compact, compare, condescend, confuse, connect, conserve, consist, contain, continue, converse, cope, cost, count, court, cover, crawl, create, cruise, cut, cut across, dally, dare, deal, deck, depend, derail, descend, deserve, disagree, dish the dirt, dispatch, distance, distribute, diverge, do, do well, dogmatize, drag, draw, drive, ease, effect, egotrip, end, evade, exert, extend, face, fall, feel, ferry, figure, finish up, fit, float, flock, fly, follow, force, forge, gape, get around, get around to, ghost, glide, go, go ahead, go around, go off half-cocked, gravitate, guard, hail, hang, head, hiss, hold, hold forth, hold over, hoodoo, housekeep, hum, hurtle, impend, incarnate, inhabit, interact, interrupt, iridesce, island hop, jumble, kill, lance, lend, let go, level, lie, litter, loiter, look, lord it over, lubricate, lurch, make, make a point, make bold, make sense, maneuver, measure, misbehave, monologuize, mope, object, occupy, orate, osculate, outflank, owe, pace, pan, participate, partner, pass, pass over, pay, perform, perpetrate, play, play it by ear, plow, point, pontificate, populate, prance, precede, precess, preserve, press, pressurize, proceed, promise, propagate, prosecute, prove, pursue, push, put out, race, raft, rage, rampage, range, rank, rap, rate, reach, react, reciprocate, recognize, relate, remain, repair, repeat, represent, rest, retain, retard, retreat, retrograde, return, reward, ride, rise, roll, round, run, run into, rush, rut, satisfice, scramble, seek, seem, seethe, sell, set about, shine, shuttle, sift, sit, ski, slice into, slither, sneak, snowshoe, sparkle, specify, speed, spiel, squat, stagnate, stampede, stand, stand back, stand by, stay, steamer, step, stick, stink, straddle, stray, stretch, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, surprise, swap, swash, swim, swing, take, take care, take time by the forelock, talk down, talk turkey, taxi, tend, test, total, trail, tram, transfer, translate, transplant, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, trim, trundle, try, turn, underlie, use, volunteer, wait, walk, want, wash, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, wind, withdraw, woo, work, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bide, carry, cross, dot, head, hold, hold over, limp, mummify, overlap, perpetuate, persevere, prevail, prolong, ramble on, resume, ride, ridge, roar, run on, segue, spread, stand, sweep, trace, wander

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: continuance, continuation, extent, preservation, procession, stay, upholder

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, positive, trust