continue
verb
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
“Keep on working!”
“We continued to work into the night”
Oppositesdiscontinuecontinue talking
“`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'”
“carry on--pretend we are not in the room”
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
“preserve the peace in the family”
“continue the family tradition”
Oppositesdiscontinuemove ahead; travel onward in time or space
“We proceeded towards Washington”
“She continued in the direction of the hills”
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”
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”
Synonymspersist incontinue after an interruption
“The demonstration continued after a break for lunch”
continue in a place, position, or situation
“After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”
“Stay with me, please”
span an interval of distance, space or time
“The war extended over five years”
“The period covered the turn of the century”
exist over a prolonged period of time
“The bad weather continued for two more weeks”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University