DICTOMETER

DURAR (Spanish for "continue")

(continue, endure, keep on, last, fortsette, holde ut, tåle, vare)

1. Synonyms:
   • Continue
   • Go on
   • Proceed
   • Go along
   • Keep
   Definitions:
   • continue a certain state, condition, or activity
   Examples:
   • Keep on working!
   • We continued to work into the night
   • Keep smiling
   • We went on working until well past midnight
   Antonyms:
   discontinue
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Continue
   • Go on
   • Carry on
   • Proceed
   Definitions:
   • continue talking
   Examples:
   • I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice
   • Carry on
   Antonyms:
   discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Continue
   • Uphold
   • Carry on
   • Bear on
   • Preserve
   Definitions:
   • keep or maintain in unaltered condition
   • cause to remain or last
   Examples:
   • Preserve the peace in the family
   • Continue the family tradition
   • Carry on the old traditions
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Proceed
   • Go forward
   • Continue
   Definitions:
   • move ahead
   • travel onward in time or space
   Examples:
   • We proceeded towards Washington
   • She continued in the direction of the hills
   • We are moving ahead in time now
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Retain
   • Continue
   • Keep
   • Keep on
   Definitions:
   • allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
   Examples:
   • 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
   • She retained her composure
   • This garment retains its shape even after many washings
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Continue
   • Persist in
   Definitions:
   • do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
   Examples:
   • We continued our research into the cause of the illness
   • The landlord persists in asking us to move
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Continue
   Definitions:
   • continue after an interruption
   Examples:
   • The demonstration continued after a break for lunch
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   • Stay on
   • Continue
   • Remain
   Definitions:
   • continue in a place, position, or situation
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Cover
   • Continue
   • Extend
   Definitions:
   • span an interval of distance, space or time
   Examples:
   • The war extended over five years
   • The period covered the turn of the century
   • My land extends over the hills on the horizon
   • This farm covers some 200 acres
   • The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Continue
    Definitions:
    • exist over a prolonged period of time
    Examples:
    • The bad weather continued for two more weeks