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con·tin·ued

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. continuedadjective

    without stop or interruption

    "to insure the continued success of the war"; "the continued existence of nationalism"; "the continued popularity of Westerns"

Wiktionary

  1. continuedadjective

    Prolonged; unstopped.

Wikipedia

  1. continued

    ...Continued is the second album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the single Roosevelt and Ira Lee It was recorded at Monument Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1969. It was produced by Billy Swan and engineered by Tommy Strong and Mort Thomasson. The album was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and another title (Roosevelt And Ira Lee). In 1997 it was rereleased by Warner Brothers containing two additional songs - "Watching The Trains Go By" (by Dewey Oldham and Wallace Pennington) and "Old Man Willis" (by Tony Joe White himself) was the second single. "Old Man Willis" was later re-recorded for the album. The album contained the track "Rainy Night In Georgia" popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It reached #4 on the Pop Singles and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts, respectively. The RIAA certified the single gold for sales of one million copies. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song has been covered by a number of musicians, including Ray Charles, Otis Rush, Randy Crawford, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Amos Garrett, Hank Williams, Jr., Shelby Lynne, John Holt, Nicky Thomas, by the duet of Conway Twitty and Sam Moore, Aaron Neville, and reggae band The Gladiators. Most recently indie folk-rock band Hem released a cover on No Word from Tom (2006). Australian band Ross Hanniford Trio recorded a cover of the song on their 1994 album. David Ruffin recorded a cover version of the song the same year as Benton; however, Motown for unknown reasons did not release the album. A dance version was recorded by Boozoo Bajou in 2006. "Elements And Things" was covered by Blues Pills on their second album Lady In Gold.

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  1. continued

    Continued generally refers to something that is ongoing, persistent, or maintained without interruption or end. It suggests that an action, event, condition, or state is being extended further or is still in progress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Continued

    of Continue

  2. Continued

    having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'continued' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #886

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'continued' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4604

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'continued' in Adjectives Frequency: #576

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of continued in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of continued in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of continued in a Sentence

  1. Lauren Reynolds:

    No surprise that outdoor spaces where friends can gather is a major home-buying trend, especially as COVID has continued to linger, everyone is looking for a house with a pool; however, in addition to that, there has been an increased desire for outdoor cooking spaces. Pizza ovens, outdoor bars, and state-of-the-art grills are now a hot commodity.

  2. Jason Kenney:

    We'll have to certainly look at potentially continued spending restraint. For example, we've had an operating spending freeze. The finance minister may have to look at extending that.

  3. Jermaine Samuels:

    Yeah, for sure, we definitely did get out-toughed in the first game, and we just learned from it. The film said it all, the game said it all. We took ownership of that loss and came to work the next day and continued to get better.

  4. Monday Putin:

    Without any doubt everything should be done so that an objective picture of what happened is created, so that we know what happened, this work should be continued until we are fully sure that this stage is complete.

  5. Robert E. Lee:

    That whole mentality of the Lost Cause started to seep into my life, it then became a point of retrospection and trying to figure out what is the point of all this ? Why are we celebrating this man who enslaved people and fought for the continued enslavement of Black people on this continent ?

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