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Meaning of 'continue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Continue [ v. i.]
- To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
- 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.
2 . Continue [ v. t.]
- To unite; to connect.
- To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
- To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
- To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.

Meaning of 'continue' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . continue [ v]
Meaning (1):
- continue in a place, position, or situation
Example in sentence:
  • After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser;
  • despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year;
  • She continued as deputy mayor for another year;
  • Stay with me, please
Meaning (2):
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Example in sentence:
  • Carry on the old traditions;
  • continue the family tradition;
  • preserve the peace in the family
Meaning (3):
- continue talking
Example in sentence:
  • carry on--pretend we are not in the room;
  • `I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'
Meaning (4):
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Example in sentence:
  • Keep on working!;
  • Keep smiling;
  • We continued to work into the night;
  • We went on working until well past midnight
Meaning (5):
- span an interval of distance, space or time
Example in sentence:
  • My land extends over the hills on the horizon;
  • The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles;
  • The period covered the turn of the century;
  • The war extended over five years;
  • This farm covers some 200 acres
Meaning (6):
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
Example in sentence:
  • Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on;
  • She retained her composure;
  • She retains a lawyer;
  • The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff;
  • this garment retains its shape even after many washings;
  • We cannot continue several servants any longer;
  • We kept the work going as long as we could
Meaning (7):
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
Example in sentence:
  • She continued in the direction of the hills;
  • We are moving ahead in time now;
  • We proceeded towards Washington
Meaning (8):
- exist over a prolonged period of time
Example in sentence:
  • The bad weather continued for two more weeks
Meaning (9):
- continue after an interruption
Example in sentence:
  • The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
Meaning (10):
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
Example in sentence:
  • The landlord persists in asking us to move;
  • We continued our research into the cause of the illness

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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