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Continue

verb

(past & past part. continued; pres. part. continuing)

1.

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. Synonyms: go along, go on, keep, proceed. "We continued to work into the night" , "Keep smiling" , "We went on working until well past midnight"

2.

Continue talking. Synonyms: carry on, go on, proceed. "But there is no choice" , "Carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

3.

Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. Synonyms: bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold. "Continue the family tradition" , "Carry on the old traditions"

4.

Move ahead; travel onward in time or space. Synonyms: go forward, proceed. "She continued in the direction of the hills" , "We are moving ahead in time now"

5.

Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature. Synonyms: keep, keep on, retain. "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"

6.

Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop. Synonym: persist in. "The landlord persists in asking us to move"

7.

Continue after an interruption.

8.

Continue in a place, position, or situation. Synonyms: remain, stay, stay on. "Stay with me, please" , "Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" , "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

9.

Span an interval of distance, space or time. Synonyms: cover, extend. "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"

10.

Exist over a prolonged period of time.

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"Continue" Quotes from Famous Books

... archdeacon's! He bit the top of his whip, till he penetrated the horn of which it was made: he struck the poor animal in his anger, and then was doubly angry with himself at his futile passion. He had been so completely checkmated, so palpably overcome! and what was he to do? He could not continue his action after pledging himself to abandon it; nor was there any revenge in that;—it was the very step to which his enemy ...

— The Warden • Anthony Trollope

... the blaze. The sleigh drove slowly into the yard, and after the necessary delay of unharnessing, a man pushed open the side door, and entered the kitchen. He, too, was short and square of build, though he had no superfluous flesh. His ankles would doubtless continue to bear him for many a year to come. His face was but slightly accented; he had very thin eyebrows, light hair, and only a shaggy fringe of whisker beneath the chin. This was Heman Blaisdell, the Widder Poll's brother-in-law, for whom she had persistently kept house ever since the death of his wife, ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown

... should we not pay some attention to the explanations of the Brahmans? They say that this temple was begun by the sons of Pandu, after "the great war," Mahabharata, and that after their death every true believer was bidden to continue the work according to his own notions. Thus the temple was gradually built during three centuries. Every one who wished to redeem his sins would bring his chisel and set to work. Many were the members of royal families, ...

— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

... Murphy had taken his bearings from Point San Pedro and laid out his course the chief came into the chart room to announce that the old girl was doing eight knots and, barring unexpected bad weather, would continue to do it without falling to pieces. "If I could have spint two thousand dollars more on her," Terence declared, "I believe I could get another knot out av her. Time was whin ...

— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... city walls, and so place the Romans between two fires. Cominius divided his army, and led one part of it to fight the relieving force, leaving Titus Lartius, a man of the noblest birth in Rome, to continue the siege with the rest of his troops. The garrison of Corioli, despising the small numbers of their besiegers, attacked them and forced them to take shelter within their camp. But there Marcius with a few followers checked their onset, ...

— Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) • Plutarch

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