1. continue - 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"
Synonym(s): go_on, proceed, go_along, keep
Antonym(s): discontinue
2. continue - verb
· continue talking; "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
Synonym(s): go_on, carry_on, proceed
3. continue - 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"
Synonym(s): uphold, carry_on, bear_on, preserve
Hypernym(s): keep, maintain, hold
Antonym(s): discontinue
4. continue - 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"
Synonym(s): proceed, go_forward
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
5. continue - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): retain, keep, keep_on
Hypernym(s): prolong, sustain, keep_up
6. continue - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): persist_in
7. continue - verb
· continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
8. continue - 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"
Synonym(s): stay, stay_on, remain
Hypernym(s): be
9. continue - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): be
10. continue - verb
· exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
Hypernym(s): be
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