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Results for: "continue"

Translating from English to Dutch

Translations:

continue — to carry on with, proceed
→ voortzetten
→ doorgaan
→ verdergaan
continue — to resume, go on
→ verdergaan
→ voortzetten

More translations:

continue
→ doorgaan
continue
→ voortzetten

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (10)

1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity;
- Example: "Keep on working!"
- Example: "We continued to work into the night"
- Example: "Keep smiling"
- Example: "We went on working until well past midnight"
[syn: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep]

2. continue talking;
- Example: "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice";
- Example: "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
[syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]

3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last;
- Example: "preserve the peace in the family"
- Example: "continue the family tradition"
- Example: "Carry on the old traditions"
[syn: continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve]

4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space;
- Example: "We proceeded towards Washington"
- Example: "She continued in the direction of the hills"
- Example: "We are moving ahead in time now"
[syn: proceed, go forward, continue]

5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature;
- Example: "We cannot continue several servants any longer"
- Example: "She retains a lawyer"
- Example: "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"
- Example: "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"
- Example: "We kept the work going as long as we could"
- Example: "She retained her composure"
- Example: "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
[syn: retain, continue, keep, keep on]

6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop;
- Example: "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
- Example: "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
[syn: continue, persist in]

7. continue after an interruption;
- Example: "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

8. continue in a place, position, or situation;
- Example: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"
- Example: "Stay with me, please"
- Example: "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"
- Example: "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
[syn: stay, stay on, continue, remain]

9. span an interval of distance, space or time;
- Example: "The war extended over five years"
- Example: "The period covered the turn of the century"
- Example: "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"
- Example: "This farm covers some 200 acres"
- Example: "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
[syn: cover, continue, extend]

10. exist over a prolonged period of time;
- Example: "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"