verb
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
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Examples
- Keep on working!
- We continued to work into the night
- Keep smiling
- We went on working until well past midnight
verb
continue talking
Synonyms
Examples
- `I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'
- carry on--pretend we are not in the room
verb
keep or maintain in unaltered condition
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Examples
- cause to remain or last
- preserve the peace in the family
- continue the family tradition
- Carry on the old traditions
verb
move ahead
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- 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
verb
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
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Examples
- We cannot continue several servants any longer
- She retains a lawyer
- The family's 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
verb
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
Synonyms
persist in
Examples
- We continued our research into the cause of the illness
- The landlord persists in asking us to move
verb
continue after an interruption
Examples
- The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
verb
continue in a place, position, or situation
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Examples
- 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
verb
span an interval of distance, space or time
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- 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
verb
exist over a prolonged period of time
Examples
- The bad weather continued for two more weeks