continue

verbs

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"
continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed
is derived from
continuation
is derived from
continuation
is derived from
continuance
antonym
discontinue
continue talking
"I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
carry on, continue, go on, proceed
is derived from
continuation
is derived from
continuation
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"
bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
antonym
discontinue
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"
continue, go forward, proceed
is derived from
continuation
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"
continue, keep, keep on, retain
is derived from
continuation
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"
continue, persist in
is derived from
continuation
continue after an interruption
"The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
continue
is derived from
continuation
is derived from
continuation
verb group
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"
continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed
is a type of (narrower)
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"
act, move
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"
continue, remain, stay, stay on
is derived from
continuation
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"
continue, cover, extend
exist over a prolonged period of time
"The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
continue
is derived from
continuation
is derived from
continuance
is a type of (narrower)
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
be