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continue
A	verb
	1	continue
			exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
		Category Tree: be ╚continue ╚stand ╚prevail; persist; die hard; run; endure ╚carry; extend
	2	continue, go on, carry on, proceed
			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"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak ╚continue, go on, carry on, proceed ╚ramble on; ramble; jog ╚segue
	3	proceed, go forward, continue
			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"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚proceed, go forward, continue ╚wander ╚limp ╚roar ╚trace ╚head
	4	retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
			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"; "We kept the w
		Category Tree: keep; maintain; hold ╚continue; uphold; carry on; bear on; preserve ╚prolong; sustain; keep up ╚retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
	5	continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
			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"
		Category Tree: keep; maintain; hold ╚continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve ╚mummify ╚prolong; sustain; keep up ╚perpetuate ╚persevere; persist; hang in; hang on; hold on ╚resume; restart
	6	continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
			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"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep ╚ride ╚run on; keep going ╚hold
	7	stay, stay on, continue, remain
			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"
		Category Tree: be ╚stay, stay on, continue, remain ╚hold over ╚bide; abide; stay
	8	continue
			continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚continue
	9	continue, persist in
			carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚continue, persist in

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