continue

/kəntˈɪnju/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity
   “Keep on working!”
2. continue talking
   “`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'”
3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
   “preserve the peace in the family”
4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   “We proceeded towards Washington”
5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
   “We cannot continue several servants any longer”
6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
   “We continued our research into the cause of the illness”
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”
9. span an interval of distance, space or time
   “The war extended over five years”
10. exist over a prolonged period of time
    “The bad weather continued for two more weeks”

Synonyms for continue

• go on
• proceed
• go along
• keep
• carry on
• uphold
• bear on
• preserve
• go forward
• retain
• keep on
• persist in
• stay
• stay on
• remain
• cover
• extend

Antonyms of continue

• discontinue

Words that rhyme with continue

• discontinue