1. Resume or proceed in a certain state, condition, or activity
   "We continued to work into the night";
   - go on, proceed, go along, keep
    
2. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
   "continue the family tradition";
   - uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
    
3. Keep talking; follow up
   "please continue";
   - go on, carry on, proceed
    
4. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   "She continued in the direction of the hills";
   - proceed, go forward, move ahead
    
5. Resume after an interruption
   "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
    
6. Be in the same place, position, or situation for longer
   "She continued as deputy mayor for another year";
   - stay, stay on, remain
    
7. Exist over a prolonged period of time
   "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
    
8. Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
   "We continued our research into the cause of the illness";
   - persist in
    
9. Span an interval of distance, space or time
   "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles";
   - cover, extend
    
10. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
    "We cannot continue several servants any longer";
    - retain, keep, keep on

Derived forms: continued, continues, continuing

Type of: act, be, come about, exist, fall out, go, go on, hap [archaic], happen, hold, keep, keep up, locomote, maintain, move, occur, pass, pass off, prolong, speak, sustain, take place, talk, travel

Antonym: discontinue

Encyclopedia: Continue