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CONTINUE

Definition:

1. [verb] 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 on, proceed, go along, keep
   
   
2. [verb] continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on
   Synonyms: go on, carry on, proceed
   
   
3. [verb] 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: uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
   
   
4. [verb] 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: proceed, go forward
   
   
5. [verb] 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: retain, keep, keep on, keep going
   
   
6. [verb] carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
   Synonyms: persist in
   
   
7. [verb] continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
   
   
8. [verb] 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: stay, stay on, remain
   
   
9. [verb] exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
   
   

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Related Words:

• hold
• run on, keep going
• ride
• segue
• ramble on, ramble, jog
• resume, restart
• persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
• perpetuate
• prolong, sustain, keep up
• mummify
• head
• trace
• roar
• limp
• wander
• bide, abide, stay
• hold over
• carry, extend
• prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
• stand

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