Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb continue
6 of 9 senses of continue
Sense 1
continue, go on proceed, go along keep
=> hold
=> run on keep going
=> ride
Sense 2
continue, go on carry on proceed
=> segue
=> ramble on ramble, jog
Sense 3
continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve
=> resume, restart
=> persevere, persist, hang in hang on hold on
=> perpetuate
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
Sense 4
proceed, go forward, continue
=> head
=> trace
=> roar
=> limp
=> wander
Sense 8
stay, stay on continue, remain
=> bide, abide, stay
Sense 9
continue
=> carry, extend
=> last
=> prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
=> stand
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb continue
6 of 9 senses of continue
Sense 1
continue, go on proceed, go along keep
=> hold
=> run on keep going
=> ride
Sense 2
continue, go on carry on proceed
=> segue
=> ramble on ramble, jog
Sense 3
continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve
=> resume, restart
=> persevere, persist, hang in hang on hold on
=> obstinate
=> ask for it ask for trouble
=> plug, plug away
=> stick to stick with follow
=> perpetuate
=> eternize
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
=> retain, continue, keep keep on keep going
Sense 4
proceed, go forward, continue
=> head
=> take make
=> trace
=> roar
=> limp
=> wander
Sense 8
stay, stay on continue, remain
=> bide, abide, stay
=> overstay, outstay
Sense 9
continue
=> carry, extend
=> last
=> prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
=> carry over
=> stand
=> wash
Entailment of verb continue
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb continue
9 senses of continue
Sense 1
continue, go on proceed, go along keep
=> act move
Sense 2
continue, go on carry on proceed
=> talk, speak
Sense 3
continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve
=> keep maintain, hold
Sense 4
proceed, go forward, continue
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 5
retain, continue, keep keep on keep going
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
Sense 6
continue, persist in
=> act move
Sense 7
continue
=> act move
Sense 8
stay, stay on continue, remain
=> be
Sense 9
continue
=> be
Familiarity of verb continue
continue used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 9)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb continue
Sense 1
continue, go on proceed, go along keep
=> act move
Sense 3
continue, uphold, carry on bear on preserve
=> keep maintain, hold
Sense 4
proceed, go forward, continue
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 7
continue
=> act move
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Sense 5
retain, continue, keep keep on keep going
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
Sense 6
continue, persist in
=> act move
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Sense 2
continue, go on carry on proceed
=> talk, speak
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Sense 8
stay, stay on continue, remain
=> be
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Sense 9
continue
=> be
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Overview of verb continue
The verb continue has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (149) 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")
2. (39) 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")
3. (22) 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")
4. (5) proceed, go forward, continue -- (move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now")
5. (2) 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 work going as long as we could")
6. (1) continue, persist in -- (carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness")
7. continue -- (continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch")
8. 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")
9. continue -- (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks")
Overview of verb continue
The verb continue has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (149) 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")
2. (39) 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")
3. (22) 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")
4. (5) proceed, go forward, continue -- (move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are moving ahead in time now")
5. (2) 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 work going as long as we could")
6. (1) continue, persist in -- (carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness")
7. continue -- (continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch")
8. 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")
9. continue -- (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks")
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