continue

v 1: 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"

[syn: {go on}, {proceed}, {go along}, {keep on}, {keep}]

[ant: {discontinue}]

2: continue to speak: "I know it's hard," he continued, "but

there is no choice." [syn: {go on}, {carry on}, {proceed}]

3: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or

last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the

family tradition" [syn: {uphold}, {carry on}, {bear on}, {preserve}]

[ant: {discontinue}]

4: move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards

Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the

hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are

moving ahead in time now" [syn: {proceed}, {go forward}]

5: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue

several servants any longer" [syn: {retain}, {keep}, {keep

on}]

6: carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of

the illness" [syn: {persist in}]

7: continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued

after a break for lunch"

8: 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" [syn: {stay},

{stay on}, {remain}]

9: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather

continued for two more weeks"