continue

Verb

• exist over a prolonged period of time
  • The bad weather continued for two more weeks
    

• 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 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 after an interruption
  • The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• continue talking
  • I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice
    
  • carry on--pretend we are not in the room
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cover , extend , stay , stay on , remain , persist in , retain , keep , keep on , proceed , go forward , uphold , carry on , bear on , preserve , go on , go along
• Antonyms: 
  discontinue , stop , cease , give up , quit , lay off