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How to spell continue

Continue is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E. It ends -UE, like value and argue: con-tin-ue.

What it means: To keep moving or going without stopping.

In a sentence: The train will continue to chug along the tracks. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: continued, continuing, continuous, continuation, continuously. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Continue” comes from Latin *continuare*, meaning “to join together” or “to make uninterrupted.” It’s related to the word “continuous,” which describes something that goes on without stopping, like a continuous line or continuous sound.

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