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| 1. | [ verb ] continue a certain state, condition, or activity | |
| Synonyms: | go_on keep keep_on go_along proceed | |
| Examples: | "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night" "Keep smiling" "We went on working until well past midnight" |
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| Related terms: | discontinue act hold ride run_on lengthiness | |
| 2. | [ verb ] continue with one's activities | |
| Synonyms: | proceed go_on carry_on | |
| Examples: | "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice" "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" |
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| Related terms: | talk jog segue lengthiness | |
| 3. | [ verb ] keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | |
| Synonyms: | preserve uphold carry_on bear_on | |
| Examples: | "preserve the peace in the family" "continue the family tradition" "Carry on the old traditions" |
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| Related terms: | discontinue keep resume perpetuate prolong persevere mummify proceed maintainer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] move ahead; travel onward | |
| Synonyms: | proceed go_forward | |
| Examples: | "We proceeded towards Washington" "She continued in the direction of the hills" can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now" |
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| Related terms: | travel head roar limp trace wander continuance | |
| 5. | [ verb ] allow to remain in a place or position | |
| Synonyms: | keep retain keep_going keep_on | |
| 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" |
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| Related terms: | prolong run_on lengthiness | |
| 6. | [ verb ] carry forward | |
| Synonyms: | persist_in | |
| Examples: | "We continued our research into the cause of the illness" |
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| Related terms: | act retain | |
| 7. | [ verb ] continue after an interruption | |
| Examples: | "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" |
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| Related terms: | act | |
| 8. | [ verb ] continue in a place, position, or situation | |
| Synonyms: | remain stay stay_on | |
| 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" |
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| Related terms: | be bide hold_over lengthiness | |
| 9. | [ verb ] exist over a prolonged period of time | |
| Examples: | "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" |
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| Related terms: | be prevail stand carry last lengthiness | |
| Similar spelling: |
continued continuo continuance continent continuum continual continuous continuity continuing continuant Contini contingent contain continency continence continually contingency contingence continental contaminate counting contented contender container contained commuting content contend contemn contentedly contaminant containment contentment contents |
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