spend or use time | exist over a prolonged period of time |
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | continue talking |
have an existence, be extant | move ahead; travel onward in time or space |
have life, be alive | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature |
form or compose | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last |
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | continue a certain state, condition, or activity |
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | span an interval of distance, space or time |
be identical to; be someone or something | continue in a place, position, or situation |
be identical or equivalent to | continue after an interruption |
represent, as of a character on stage | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop |
be priced at | |
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | |