Continue - Definition

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"
[syn: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep]
[ant: discontinue]
2: continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the
room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]
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" [syn:
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve]
[ant: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit,
stop]
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" [syn: proceed,
go forward, continue]
5: 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 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" [syn: retain,
continue, keep, keep on]
6: 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: continue,
persist in]
7: continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued
after a break for lunch"
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" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
9: 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" [syn: cover, continue,
extend]
10: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather
continued for two more weeks"