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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. persist; keep, go, carry, run, or hold on; maintain, keep up, sustain, uphold; prolong, remain, last, endure, withstand; protract, persevere, be permanent, stay, stick, abide; resume. See durability, continuity. Ant., stop, cease.
II
(Roget's IV) interj.
Syn. keep on, carry on, keep going, keep talking, keep reading; keep it up.
v.
1. [To persist]
Syn. last, endure, go on, abide, persevere, proceed, maintain, carry on, keep on, run on, push on, live on, keep up, keep at, sustain, uphold, perpetuate, forge ahead, remain, stay, linger, press on, press onward, carry forward, make headway, move ahead, never cease, stretch, extend, drag on, wear on, hold on, hold out, keep going, stick to, stick with, keep the ball rolling*, chip away at*, plug away*, hang in*, hang on*, hang on like grim death*; see also advance 1 , endure 1 , remain 1 .
Ant. cease, end*, give up.
2. [To resume]
Syn. begin again, renew, recommence, carry over, return to, proceed, recapitulate, take up again, pick up, begin where one left off, carry on with, be reinstated, be reinstituted, be reestablished, be restored; see also resume .
Ant. discontinue, halt*, postpone.
Syn.- continue implies going on in a specified course or condition and stresses uninterrupted existence rather than duration; last stresses duration, either for the specified time, or if unqualified, for a time beyond that which is usual; endure implies continued resistance to destructive influences or forces; abide is applied to that which remains stable and steadfast, esp. in contrast to that which is changing and transitory; persist implies continued existence beyond the expected or normal time
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. keep on persist, carry on, persevere, extend, maintain, sustain, press on, prolong, progress, remain, abide.
2. resume carry on, restart, begin again, pick up where one left off, proceed, renew.
ANT.: stop, end, cease
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time: abide, endure, go on, hold out, last2, persist, remain, stay1. See CONTINUE. 2. To begin or go on after an interruption: pick up, renew, reopen, restart, resume, take up. See CONTINUE.

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