Meanings
phrase
- colloquialUsed to indicate that a story under discussion has not concluded, either in narration or in reality.
EMH: Computer, freeze programme. PARIS: Doc, this is the final chapter. Satan's Robot Conquers the World. We can't stop now. EMH: Does the phrase to be continued mean anything to you? PARIS: Your opera can wait.
1998, Star Trek: Voyager (TV series), "Night" (episode)
Translations
Arabic يُتْبَعُ
- يُتْبَعُ (yutbaʕu)story continues in next episode
Basque jarraitako du
- jarraitako dustory continues in next episode
Bulgarian сле́два продълже́ние
- сле́два продълже́ние (slédva prodălžénie)story continues in next episode
Catalan continuarà
- continuaràstory continues in next episode
Chinese Mandarin 未完成, 待续
- 未完成 (wèiwánchéng)story continues in next episode
- 待续 (dàixù)story continues in next episode
- 未完待續 /未完待续 (wèiwán-dàixù)story continues in next episode
Czech pokračování příště
- pokračování příštěstory continues in next episode
Danish fortsættes
- fortsættesstory continues in next episode
Dutch wordt vervolgd
- wordt vervolgdstory continues in next episode
Esperanto daŭrigonte
- daŭrigontestory continues in next episode
Estonian jätkub
- jätkubstory continues in next episode
Finnish jatkoa seuraa, jatkuu
- jatkoa seuraastory continues in next episode
- jatkuustory continues in next episode
French à suivre
- à suivrestory continues in next episode
German Fortsetzung folgt
- Fortsetzung folgtstory continues in next episode
Greek συνεχίζεται
- συνεχίζεται (synechízetai)story continues in next episode
Hebrew המשך יבוא
- המשך יבוא (hemshékh yavó)story continues in next episode
Hindi जारी
- जारी (jārī)story continues in next episode
Hungarian folytatása következik, folytatjuk
- folytatása következikstory continues in next episode
- folytatjukstory continues in next episode
Indonesian bersambung
- bersambungstory continues in next episode
Japanese 続く
- 続く (tsuzuku)story continues in next episode
Korean 계속될
- 계속될 (gyesokdoel)story continues in next episode
Malay bersambung
- bersambungstory continues in next episode
Norwegian Bokmål fortsettelse følger
- fortsettelse følgerstory continues in next episode
Polish ciąg dalszy nastąpi, cdn.
- ciąg dalszy nastąpistory continues in next episode
- cdn.story continues in next episode
Portuguese continua
- continuastory continues in next episode
Romanian va urma
- va urmastory continues in next episode
Russian продолже́ние сле́дует
- продолже́ние сле́дует (prodolžénije slédujet)story continues in next episode
Spanish continuará
- continuarástory continues in next episode
Swedish fortsättning följer
- fortsättning följerstory continues in next episode
Tagalog abangan
- abanganstory continues in next episode
Tamil தொடரும்
- தொடரும் (toṭarum)story continues in next episode
Thai โปรดติดตามตอนต่อไป
- โปรดติดตามตอนต่อไป (bpròot-dtìt-dtaam-dtɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-bpai)story continues in next episode
Turkish devam edecek
- devam edecekstory continues in next episode
Ukrainian далі буде
- далі буде (dali bude)story continues in next episode
Welsh i'w barhau, i'w pharhau
- i'w barhaustory continues in next episode
- i'w pharhaustory continues in next episode
- i'w parhaustory continues in next episode
Cite this entry
APA
to be continued. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20continued
MLA
“to be continued.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20continued. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to be continued,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20be%20continued.
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