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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist.
2. v. To exist over a prolonged period; last.
3. v. To remain in the same state, capacity, or place: She continued as mayor for a second term.
4. v. To go on after an interruption; resume: The negotiations continued after a break for lunch.
5. v. To carry forward; persist in: The police will continue their investigation.
6. v. To carry further in time, space, or development; extend.
7. v. To cause to remain or last; retain.
8. v. To carry on after an interruption; resume.
9. v. Law To postpone or adjourn.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To connect or unite; make continuous.
2. To extend from one point to another; produce or draw out in length: as, continue the line from A to B; let the line be continued to the boundary.
3. To protract or carry on; not to cease from or terminate.
4. To persevere in; not to cease to do or use: as, to continue the same diet.
5. To carry on from the point of suspension; resume the course of; extend in the same course: as, to continue a line of railroad from its present terminus; the story will be continued next week.
6. To suffer or cause to remain as before; retain: as, to continue judges in their posts.
7. To keep enduringly; prolong the state or life of.
8. To go forward or onward in any course or action; proceed: the opposite of cease: as, he continued talking for some minutes more.
9. To persevere; be steadfast or constant in any course.
10. To remain in a state or place; abide or stay indefinitely.
11. To last; be durable; endure; be permanent.
12. Synonyms Sojourn, etc. See abide.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
2. v. transitive To make last; to prolong.
3. v. transitive To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
4. v. intransitive to resume
5. v. poker slang To make a continuation bet.
6. n. video games an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
7. n. video games an option allowing a player to resume a saved game.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
2. v. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
3. v. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions.
4. v. obsolete To unite; to connect.
5. v. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
6. v. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
7. v. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; ; also, to suffer to live.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. exist over a prolonged period of time
2. v. span an interval of distance, space or time
3. v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space
4. v. continue talking
5. v. continue after an interruption
6. v. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
7. v. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
8. v. continue a certain state, condition, or activity
9. v. continue in a place, position, or situation
10. v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last