Continue and End

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Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: the heavy snow continued throughout the night
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End is an antonym for continue in topics: go on, persist, resume.
Nearby Words: continued, continuing, continuation, continuity, continuance

End

End verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
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Continue is an antonym for end in topics: bring to an end, die or kill.
Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless
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Common collocations

rampage continue rampage end rampage
life continue life end life
match continue match end match
relationship continue relationship end relationship
Other words: career, run, turn, show, way, cycle, chase, feud, reign, battle, conversation, mission, quest, existence, fighting, war, lives.

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / Ray Narvaez, Jr. First, in the AH Let's Play Black Ops 2 Zombies game, both teams end up stuck repeatedly dying on the same wave over and over again, unable to continue or end the game until one team survives.
    Source: Creator / Ray Narvaez, Jr.
  • No matter what you do, by beating the game you're just a pawn in an Ancient Conspiracy and Forever War regarding whether the Age of Fire should continue or end.
    Source: Unwitting Pawn
  • While it isn't usually outright warfare, there has been a serious conflict between whether the Age of Fire should continue or end, a conflict which has been going on for at least 1,000 years.
    Source: Forever War
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