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 with one''s activities

• “I know it”
• “he continued,”
• “;”

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”

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”

allow to remain in a place or position

• “We cannot continue several servants any longer”
• “She retains a lawyer”
• “The family”
• “;”
• “;”

carry forward

• “We continued our research into the cause of the illness”

continue after an interruption

• “The demonstration continued after a break for lunch”

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”

exist over a prolonged period of time

• “The bad weather continued for two more weeks”