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continue [v]

1)	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"

Synonyms :

go_along go_on keep proceed

See Also:

act continuation continuance discontinue bear_on hold keep_going ride

2)	continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Synonyms :

carry_on go_on proceed

See Also:

speak continuation continuance segue jog

3)	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"

Synonyms :

bear_on carry_on preserve uphold

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hold preservation maintainer cease restart hang_in perpetuate keep_up mummify

4)	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"

Synonyms :

go_forward proceed

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go continuance advance head trace roar limp wander bear_on

5)	allow to remain in a place or position; "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"

Synonyms :

keep keep_going keep_on retain

See Also:

keep_up continuation keep_going

6)	carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

Synonyms :

persist_in

See Also:

act continuance

7)	continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

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act continuation continuance

8)	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"

Synonyms :

remain stay stay_on

See Also:

be continuation stay abide hold_over

9)	exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

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be continuation continuance carry die_hard stand

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