(grammar) A verb tense expressing ongoing action; in English, any of the tenses formed with the present participle, namely present continuous ("I am dreaming"), past continuous ("I was dreaming"), present perfect continuous ("I have been dreaming"), past perfect continuous ("I had been dreaming"), future continuous ("I will be dreaming") or future perfect continuous ("I will have been dreaming").

Alternative form of go on one's merry way

(education, dated) A school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.

plural of continuation school

Alternative form of noncontinuous

(geology) The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents.