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continuer

continuer

1 6.7
A person or thing that continues something already started
  • noun
  • /kənˈtɪn.jʊr/
: continuador
  • He imitated these Spanish masters and others, and he willed himself the humble continuer of Primitives.

We are students of the School of Athens, continuers of Greek freedom of thought.

Examples

  • Mathematicians often refer to a continuer as an entity that extends a function in their equations.

  • We are students of the School of Athens, continuers of Greek freedom of thought.

    Stanford

  • This use of 'and' was considered a discourse component, as a continuer and marker of the main storyline (Peterson & McCabe, 1991), not an intrasentential connector.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The artist is seen as a continuer of the traditional styles while infusing her own modern flair.

  • As a dedicated continuer of the legacy left by her predecessor, she worked hard to uphold the values of the organization.

Synonyms

continuator
vscontinuer
1 7.5

A person who carries on work started by someone else

is broader and also names abstract extensions in mathematics and logic

Antonyms

stopper
11 5.3

Something that suddenly stops an activity or makes people silent

Surface Forms

continuer singular
continuers plural

Morphology

continuer = continue (transparent) = continue + er

Regular agentive noun formed by adding the productive suffix '-er' to the verb 'continue', so the meaning 'one who continues' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word continuer comes from continue plus the ending -er, which means 'one who does' something. Continue comes from older words meaning 'hold together', as in contain, so a continuer is someone or something that keeps a process, idea, or tradition going.