Synonyms for continue
kənˈtɪn yu
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term continue.
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continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep (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»
continue, go on, carry on, proceed (verb)
«I know it’s hard,» he continued, «but there is no choice»; «carry on—pretend we are not in the room»
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve (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»
proceed, go forward, continue (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»
retain, continue, keep, keep on (verb)
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
«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 work going as long as we could»; «She retained her composure»; «this garment retains its shape even after many washings»
continue, persist in (verb)
do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
«We continued our research into the cause of the illness»; «The landlord persists in asking us to move»
continue after an interruption
«The demonstration continued after a break for lunch»
stay, stay on, continue, remain (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»
cover, continue, extend (verb)
span an interval of distance, space or time
«The war extended over five years»; «The period covered the turn of the century»; «My land extends over the hills on the horizon»; «This farm covers some 200 acres»; «The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles»
exist over a prolonged period of time
«The bad weather continued for two more weeks»
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To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: «to-day I must abide at thy house,» Luke xix, 5; «a settled place for thee to abide in forever,» 1 Kings viii, 13; «Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,» Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.
Preposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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stupidly, i kept on running and i twisted my ankle.
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Synonyms:
extend (in time or in space), prolong
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word |
|---|---|
| #123 | go |
| #126 | last |
| #224 | report |
| #249 | address |
| #400 | save |
| #461 | live |
| #610 | always |
| #617 | offer |
| #656 | keep |
| #672 | run |
| #701 | track |
| #724 | further |
| #846 | cover |
| #871 | watch |
| #1001 | stay |
| #1038 | stop |
| #1056 | continue |
| #1083 | cross |
| #1142 | move |
| #1164 | follow |
| #1176 | lead |
| #1274 | deal |
| #1275 | hold |
| #1336 | impact |
| #1493 | pass |
| #1547 | rest |
| #1728 | progress |
| #1837 | advance |
| #2007 | continued |
| #2071 | wait |
| #2167 | prevent |
| #2192 | touch |
| #2323 | expect |
| #2412 | carry |
| #2422 | maintain |
| #2465 | handle |
| #2490 | bear |
| #2590 | remain |
| #2645 | conduct |
| #2877 | happen |
| #2880 | hide |
| #2884 | refer |
| #3035 | continuing |
| #3110 | occur |
| #3115 | concern |
| #3129 | expand |
| #3140 | affect |
| #3193 | continues |
| #3387 | stick |
| #3446 | delay |
| #3450 | continuous |
| #3496 | lodge |
| #3548 | resume |
| #3587 | push |
| #3758 | treat |
| #4164 | ongoing |
| #4532 | extend |
| #5572 | stretch |
| #5628 | proceed |
| #5705 | sue |
| #6612 | strain |
| #6691 | celebrate |
| #6750 | preserve |
| #6843 | relate |
| #6857 | retain |
| #7484 | breed |
| #7546 | pursue |
| #7591 | observe |
| #10044 | insure |
| #10795 | embrace |
| #10843 | continuation |
| #11256 | sustain |
| #11409 | pursuing |
| #11770 | hatch |
| #12106 | abide |
| #14126 | anticipate |
| #14382 | reside |
| #14438 | overlay |
| #15260 | compensate |
| #16278 | traverse |
| #17250 | confront |
| #17449 | dwell |
| #17899 | endure |
| #17963 | tolerate |
| #18561 | persist |
| #19022 | await |
| #19974 | conserve |
| #20259 | encompass |
| #20313 | broaden |
| #21097 | lapse |
| #21181 | comprehend |
| #22440 | uphold |
| #23908 | widen |
| #24516 | plow |
| #24818 | prosecute |
| #25403 | hap |
| #25681 | brood |
| #25927 | unfold |
| #27042 | pertain |
| #30094 | restrain |
| #30748 | inhabit |
| #31722 | shroud |
| #32756 | prolong |
| #40155 | detain |
| #41596 | sojourn |
| #41877 | gallop |
| #44813 | appease |
| #51937 | persevere |
| #53900 | quell |
| #59675 | underwrite |
| #59875 | tarry |
| #60545 | incubate |
| #68400 | bide |
| #72536 | elapse |
| #257351 | overcompensate |
| #270305 | poursuivre |
| #311639 | protract |
How to use continue in a sentence?
We’re saddened but not the least bit surprised, it proves what we’ve long maintained : that even now, under the guise of’ reform,’ bishops continue to deceive parishioners and the public about their ongoing efforts to hide abuse.
We will continue our efforts through dialogue with OPEC and non-OPEC producers to remove a surplus estimated at 2 million barrels per day, we may hold an emergency meeting before June.
We are seeing a ‘risk on’ move after the Greece agreement with the zloty and forint rallying against the euro, this mini-rally could have some legs and continue another day or two, but once it fades emerging markets face some top-down macro risk events which will drive bearish positioning such as fears over China and the Fed.
Since China is a great opportunity, we continue to look into China.
This morning, on my way here, I heard that Iran intends to pursue its nuclear program, we will not allow Iran to achieve nuclear weaponry. We will continue to fight those who would kill us.
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