Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
continue (verb)intransitive verb
1.
to maintain without interruption a condition, course, or action - the boat continued downstream
2.
to remain in existence - endure the tradition continues
3.
to remain in a place or condition - stay cannot continue here much longer
4.
transitive verb
to resume an activity after interruption - we'll continue after lunch
1.
a) - keep up maintain continues walking
b) to keep going or add to - prolong continue the battle , also to resume after intermission
2.
to cause to continue - chose not to continue her subscription
3.
to allow to remain in a place or condition - retain the trustees were continued
4.
to postpone (a legal proceeding) by a - continuance
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
continue (verb)1.
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
SYNONIMS:
abide, bide, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain, run onRELATED WORDS:
linger, stay, stick around, tarry; carry through, prevail, surviveNEAR ANTONYMS:
abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane2.
to begin again or return to after an interruption
SYNONIMS:
continue, pick up, proceed (with), renew, reopen, restartRELATED WORDS:
resuscitate, revive; recrudesceNEAR ANTONYMS:
complete, conclude, consummate, end, finalize, finish; belay, break, can [], cease, check, cut, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, knock off, leave off, quit, scuttle, shut off, stay, stop, terminate