What does CONTINUE mean?

verb

1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity“Keep on working!”
2. continue talking“I know it's hard,”
3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last“preserve the peace in the family”
4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space“We proceeded towards Washington”
5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature“We cannot continue several servants any longer”
6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop“We continued our research into the cause of the illness”
7. continue after an interruption“The demonstration continued after a break for lunch”
8. continue in a place, position, or situation“After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”