Continuing

//kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A continuation.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of continue form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications."

Adjective
  1. 1
    remaining in force or being carried on without letup wordnet
  2. 2
    persisting for a long time wordnet

Synonyms

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continuedabidingage-longagedancientantique

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"I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you."

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