continuing — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A continuation.

Adjective

1. Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   continuity

   Examples

   […]in the Bootle by-election of 1990 they were beaten by the Monster Raving Loony Party, and the continuing SDP gave up the ghost shortly afterwards.

   The 'continuing' Liberal Party was launched in 1989 by those party members unhappy with the merger with the Social Democrats.

Adjective

1. remaining in force or being carried on without letup

   Examples

   the act provided a continuing annual appropriation

   the continuing struggle to put food on the table

2. persisting for a long time

   Synonyms

   chronic

   Examples

   chronic money problems