continue a certain state, condition, or activity; Keep on working!; We continued to work into the night; Keep smiling; We went on working until well past midnight
exist over a prolonged period of time; The bad weather continued for two more weeks'
continue talking; I know its hard, he continued, but there is no choice; carry on--pretend we are not in the room
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; preserve the peace in the family; continue the family tradition; Carry on the old traditions
move ahead; travel onward in time or space; We proceeded towards Washington; She continued in the direction of the hills; We are moving ahead in time now
[ Syn: proceed , go forward ]
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; We cannot continue several servants any longer; She retains a lawyer; The familys fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff; Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on; We kept the work going as long as we could; She retained her composure; this garment retains its shape even after many washings
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; We continued our research into the cause of the illness; The landlord persists in asking us to move
[ Syn: persist in ]
continue after an interruption; The demonstration continued after a break for lunch'
continue in a place, position, or situation; After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser; Stay with me, please; despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year; She continued as deputy mayor for another year
span an interval of distance, space or time; The war extended over five years; The period covered the turn of the century; My land extends over the hills on the horizon; This farm covers some 200 acres; The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles
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