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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Continued; p. pr. &
vb. n. Continuing.] [F. continuer, L. continuare,
-tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See
Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]
1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in
connection with; to abide; to stay.
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Here to continue, and build up here
A growing empire. --Milton.
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They continue with me now three days, and have
nothing to eat. --Matt. xv.
32.
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2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam.
xiii. 14.
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3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere;
to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a
particular condition, course, or series of actions; as,
the army continued to advance.
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If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed. --John viii.
31.
Syn: To persevere; persist. See Persevere.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. t.
1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.]
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the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto
the mother. --Sir T.
browne.
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2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist
in; to cease not.
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O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know
thee. --Ps. xxxvi.
10.
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You know how to make yourself happy by only
continuing such a life as you have been long
accustomed to lead. --Pope.
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3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add
to or draw out in length.
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A bridge of wond'rous length,
From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb
of this frail world. --Milton.
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4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees
were continued; also, to suffer to live.
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And how shall we continue Claudio. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for continue:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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