continuing

1. 1.

   remaining in force or being carried on without letup

   “the act provided a continuing annual appropriation”

   “the continuing struggle to put food on the table”

   Similarcontinued
2. 2.

   of long duration

   “chronic money problems”

   Synonymschronic

   Similarlong

Questions about continuing

What does continuing mean?

continuing means "remaining in force or being carried on without letup". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in continuing?

continuing has 4 syllables: con-tin-u-ing. The stress falls on "tin". In IPA it is /kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ/.

What is another word for continuing?

Close synonyms include chronic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is continuing a common word?

continuing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.