Explicație continue în Dicționarul Englez Englez

continue

(kən'tinjü )

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verb

exist over a prolonged period of time

"The bad weather continued for two more weeks"

verb

continue with one''s activities

"I know it''s hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"
"carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

verb

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"

verb

allow to remain in a place or position

"We cannot continue several servants any longer"
"She retains a lawyer"
"The family''s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"
"Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"
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verb

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"

verb

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"

verb

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"

verb

continue after an interruption

"The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

verb

carry forward

"We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

Antonime:
(verb) cease, stop, quit, discontinue

Sinonime:
(verb) keep, preserve, proceed, remain, retain, stay, uphold