con·tin·ue /kənˈtɪnyu/
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"
synset: continue, go_on, proceed, go_along, keep
2. continue talking; "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
synset: 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"
synset: continue, uphold, carry_on, bear_on, preserve
antonym: discontinue, stop, cease, give_up, quit, lay_off
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"
synset: 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"
synset: 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"
synset: continue, persist_in
7. continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
synset: continue
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"
synset: 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"
synset: cover, continue, extend
10. exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
synset: continue
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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