Main entry: continue
Definition: exist over a prolonged period of time
Usage: The bad weather continued for two more weeks
Main entry: carry on, go on, continue, proceed
Definition: continue talking
Usage: I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice; carry on--pretend we are not in the room
Main entry: continue, proceed, go forward
Definition: move ahead; travel onward in time or space
Usage: We proceeded towards Washington; She continued in the direction of the hills; We are moving ahead in time now
Main entry: continue, retain, keep, keep on
Definition: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
Usage: 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
Main entry: preserve, uphold, carry on, bear on, continue
Definition: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Usage: preserve the peace in the family; continue the family tradition; Carry on the old traditions
Main entry: proceed, continue, keep, go along, go on
Definition: continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Usage: Keep on working!; We continued to work into the night; Keep smiling; We went on working until well past midnight
Main entry: extend, cover, continue
Definition: span an interval of distance, space or time
Usage: 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
Main entry: remain, stay, stay on, continue
Definition: continue in a place, position, or situation
Usage: 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
Main entry: continue
Definition: continue after an interruption
Usage: The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
Main entry: continue, persist in
Definition: do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
Usage: We continued our research into the cause of the illness; The landlord persists in asking us to move