eng: continue - UWN/MENTA

eng: continue

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Meaning
means	(verb) 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" go along, go on, proceed, keep, continue
means	(verb) continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" proceed, carry on, continue, go on
means	(verb) 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" preserve, continue, uphold, bear on, carry on
means	(verb) 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" proceed, go forward, continue
means	(verb) 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" keep, continue, retain, keep on
means	(verb) 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" persist in, continue
means	(verb) continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" continue
means	(verb) 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" stay, stay on, continue, remain
means	(verb) 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" extend, cover, continue
means	(verb) exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" continue

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