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1. Remaining in force or being carried on without letup
   "the act provided a continuing annual appropriation"; "the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
    
2. Persisting for a long time
   "continuing money problems";
   - chronic

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 talking; follow up
   "please continue";
   - go on, carry on, proceed
    
3. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
   "continue the family tradition";
   - uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
    
4. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   "She continued in the direction of the hills";
   - proceed, go forward, move ahead
    
5. 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
    
6. Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
   "We continued our research into the cause of the illness";
   - persist in
    
7. Resume after an interruption
   "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
    
8. Be in the same place, position, or situation for longer
   "She continued as deputy mayor for another year";
   - stay, stay on, remain
    
9. Span an interval of distance, space or time
   "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles";
   - cover, extend
    
10. Exist over a prolonged period of time
    "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

See also: continued, long, travel

Type of: act, be, go, hold, keep, keep up, locomote, maintain, move, prolong, speak, sustain, talk, travel

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