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Meaning of continue

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {continue}, {go on}, {proceed}, {go along}, {keep}]
           [ant: {discontinue}]
      2: continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
         there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the
         room" [syn: {continue}, {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"; "Carry on the old traditions" [syn:
         {continue}, {uphold}, {carry on}, {bear on}, {preserve}]
         [ant: {cease}, {discontinue}, {give up}, {lay off}, {quit},
         {stop}]
      4: 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" [syn: {proceed},
         {go forward}, {continue}]
      5: 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" [syn: {retain},
         {continue}, {keep}, {keep on}]
      6: 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" [syn: {continue},
         {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}, {continue},
         {remain}]
      9: 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" [syn: {cover}, {continue},
         {extend}]
      10: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather
          continued for two more weeks"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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