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Verb continue has 9 senses
- continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep - 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"
--1 is one way to act, move
Antonyms: discontinue
Sample sentences:
They continue moving
They continue to move
- continue, go on, carry on, proceed - continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
--2 is one way to talk, speak
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve - 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"
--3 is one way to keep, maintain, hold
Antonyms: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- proceed, go forward, continue - 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"
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
They continue up the hill
- retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going - allow to remain in a place or position; "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"
--5 is one way to prolong, sustain, keep up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- continue, persist in - carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
--6 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- continue - continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
--7 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- stay, stay on, continue, remain - 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"
--8 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
--9 is one way to be
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Something ----s
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