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| Verb | 1. | continue - 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" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - 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" hold - remain in a certain state, position, or condition; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" keep going, run on - continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M." ride - continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" continue - continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
| 2. | continue - continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" segue - proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse" | |
| 3. | continue - 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" hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" go forward, proceed, continue - 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" perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth" sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" mummify - preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" | |
| 4. | continue - 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" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" head - to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" trace - make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" roar - act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington limp - proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor" wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" | |
| 5. | continue - 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" sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" persist in, continue - 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" | |
| 6. | continue - 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" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" keep on, retain, continue, keep - 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" | |
| 7. | continue - continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" | |
| 8. | continue - 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" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" abide, bide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" hold over - continue a term of office past the normal period of time | |
| 9. | continue - 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" cover - hold within range of an aimed firearm be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" span, traverse, cross, sweep - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" sweep - cover the entire range of overlap - extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" overspread, spread - spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" ridge - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South" constellate, dot, stud - scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" | |
| 10. | continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" carry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" die hard, persist, prevail, endure, run - continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" stand - be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!" |