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  • October 7. 2012 by jonasmunk from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

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

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

    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"

  • March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    continue verb english

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