continue

1. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).Examples: "Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?"; "Do you want me to continue to unload these?"; "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."Synonyms: extend, runtransitive

2. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.Examples: "Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?"; "Gino was distracted. She knew why; he wanted a son. He could talk and think of nothing else. His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue.""transitive

3. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.Examples: "[…] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]"; "The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […]."transitive

4. (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.Examples: "Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire."; "They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat."; "He then passed by the fellow, who still continued in the posture in which he fell, and entered the room where Northerton, as he had heard, was confined."intransitive

5. (intransitive) To resume.Examples: "When will the concert continue?"Synonyms: carry on, go on, proceed, resumeintransitive

6. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.Examples: "This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July."transitive