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cont

/kɑnt/

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verb

Continuer, poursuivre

To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

Examples :

"Do you want me to continue to unload these?"

Voulez-vous que je continue à les décharger ?

action process time

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verb

Durer, prolonger

To make last; to prolong.

Examples :

"To cont the life of your cut flowers, change the water in the vase every other day. "

Pour prolonger la vie de vos fleurs coupées, changez l'eau du vase tous les deux jours.

time action process

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verb

Maintenir, conserver

To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.

Examples :

"The teacher will cont the students in their seats until the bell rings. "

Le professeur gardera les élèves assis à leur place jusqu'à ce que la cloche sonne.

position state condition

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verb

Rester, demeurer

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Examples :

"Even after finishing his degree, he decided to cont at the university as a research assistant. "

Même après avoir terminé ses études, il a décidé de rester à l'université en tant qu'assistant de recherche.

condition place situation

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verb

Reprendre, continuer

Examples :

"When will the concert continue?"

Quand le concert va-t-il reprendre ?

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verb

Ajourner, reporter

To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

Examples :

"This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July."

Cette réunion a été reportée au treize juillet.

government politics law time action

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verb

Continuer, poursuivre

To make a continuation bet.

Examples :

"After betting before the flop, Sarah decided to cont on the flop to pressure her opponents. "

Après avoir misé avant le flop, Sarah a décidé de continuer au flop pour mettre la pression sur ses adversaires.

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adjective

Continu, sans interruption

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

Examples :

"a continuous current of electricity"

Un courant électrique continu.

time process situation

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adjective

Continu, ininterrompu

Without intervening space; continued

Examples :

"a continuous line of railroad"

Une ligne de chemin de fer continue.

language grammar

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adjective

Continu, ininterrompu, constant

Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Examples :

"The machine produced a cont stream of identical parts. "

La machine a produit un flux continu de pièces identiques.

quality condition

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adjective

Continu

(of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.

Examples :

"Because the graph can be drawn without lifting your pencil, the function is cont. "

Comme le graphique peut être dessiné sans lever le crayon, la fonction est continue.

math technical function

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adjective

Continu

(more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

Examples :

"Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."

Toute fonction continue de la droite réelle vers les rationnels est constante, puisque les rationnels sont totalement déconnectés.

math technical function

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adjective

Continu, progressif

(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Examples :

""Is 'is walking' a cont form of the verb 'to walk'?" "

« Is walking » est-il une forme continue du verbe « to walk » ?

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