continue

Verb
  1. Continue a certain state, condition, or activity (synset 202690747)
    "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    subtypes:
    • hold - remain in a certain state, position, or condition
    • keep going, run on - continue uninterrupted
    • ride - continue undisturbed and without interference
    same as: go along, go on, keep, proceed
    verb group:
  2. Continue talking (synset 200783045)
    "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
    is a type of: speak, talk - exchange thoughts; talk with
    subtypes:
    • segue - proceed without interruption; in music or talk
    • jog, ramble, ramble on - continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
    same as: carry on, go on, proceed
  3. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition;
    Cause to remain or last (synset 202685709)
    "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
    is a type of: hold, keep, maintain - cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'
    subtypes:
    same as: bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold
    verb group:
  4. Move ahead;
    Travel onward in time or space (synset 201999581)
    "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    • head - to go or travel towards
    • trace - make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
    • roar - act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
    • limp - proceed slowly or with difficulty
    • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
    same as: go forward, proceed
    verb group: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  5. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature (synset 202415305)
    "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"
    is a type of: keep up, prolong, sustain - lengthen or extend in duration or space
    same as: keep, keep on, retain
    verb group: continue, persist in - do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
  6. Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop (synset 202753797)
    "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    same as: persist in
    verb group: continue, keep, keep on, retain - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  7. Continue after an interruption (synset 202753584)
    "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    verb group: continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity
  8. Continue in a place, position, or situation (synset 202733337)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes:
    same as: remain, stay, stay on
  9. Span an interval of distance, space or time (synset 202693758)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
    subtypes:
    same as: cover, extend
    verb group: cover - hold within range of an aimed firearm
  10. Exist over a prolonged period of time (synset 200118331)
    "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes:

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