continue
verb
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to exist over a prolonged period of time“The bad weather continued for two more weeks.”
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to continue talking“I know it's hard, they continued, but there is no choice.”go onproceedcarry on
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to move aheadproceedgo forward
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to allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature“We cannot continue several servants any longer”keep
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to keep or maintain in unaltered condition“They continued the treatment.”preserve
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to continue a certain state, condition, or activity“I continued to play video games until the early morning hours.”keep
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to span an interval of distance, space or timecover
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to remain in a place, position, or situation“I continued as the head of department.”stay
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to continue after an interruption“The demonstration continued after a break for lunch”
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to do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop“We continued our research into the cause of the illness”persist in