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- Definition
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- continue :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
- continue :continue talking
- `I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'|carry on--pretend we are not in the room
- continue :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
- 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
- continue :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
- continue :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
- continue :continue after an interruption
- The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
- continue :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