Continue a certain state, condition, or activity:
— We continued to work into the night.

synonyms: go along, go on, keep, proceed.

Dutch: houden

Continue talking:
— `I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'.

synonyms: carry on, go on, proceed.

Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last:
— Continue the family tradition.

synonyms: bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold.

Roget 143: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.    sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve etc. 604.1; harp upon etc. (repeat) 104.    keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.    let be; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let things take their course; stare decisis (Jurisprudence). ... show more

Dutch: blijven, continueren, doorgaan, overgaan, staande houden, vervolgen, voortbouwen, voortgaan, voortzetten

Move ahead; travel onward in time or space:
— She continued in the direction of the hills.

synonyms: go forward, proceed.

Dutch: doorgaan

Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature:
— We cannot continue several servants any longer.

synonyms: keep, keep on, retain.

Roget 604a: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work etc. (work) 686; continue etc. 143; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.    ... show more

Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop:
— We continued our research into the cause of the illness.

synonym: persist in.

Continue after an interruption.

Continue in a place, position, or situation:
— She continued as deputy mayor for another year.

synonyms: remain, stay, stay on.

Roget 1: exist, be; have being etc. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur etc. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.    consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by.    come into existence etc. n.; arise etc. (begin) 66; come forth etc. (appear) 446.    become etc. (be converted) 144; bring into existence etc. 161.    abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.    ... show more

Roget 110: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.    tarry etc. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.    outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again.    ... show more

Dutch: blijven, plakken

Span an interval of distance, space or time:
— The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles.

synonyms: cover, extend.

Exist over a prolonged period of time.

Dutch: aanhouden, continueren, doorgaan, doorlopen, duren, lopen, voortduren