| Main Entry: | continue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again; resume |
Synonyms: |
begin over, begin where one left off, carry on, carry over, go on with, pick up, proceed, recapitulate, recommence, reestablish, reinstate, reinstitute, renew, reopen, restart, restore, return to, take up |
Antonyms: |
complete, desist, discontinue, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
Synonyms: |
bottom of barrel, butt, carry-over, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover, heel, junk, leavings, leftover, obverse, oddment, odds and ends, overplus, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | reopen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue |
Synonyms: |
begin over, begin where one left off, carry on, carry over, go on with, pick up*, proceed, recapitulate, recommence, reestablish, reinstate, reinstitute, renew, restart, restore, resume, return to, take up |
| Main Entry: | restart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue |
Synonyms: |
begin over, begin where one left off, carry on, carry over, go on with, pick up*, proceed, recapitulate, recommence, reestablish, reinstate, reinstitute, renew, reopen, restore, resume, return to, take up |
| Concept: | [Thing remaining] Remainder. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
remainder, residue; remains, remanet, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheeseparings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs (dirt); refuse (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump; alluvium., surplus, overplus, excess; balance, complement; superplus, surplusage; superfluity (redundance); survival, survivance.
-verbs
remain; be left; exceed, survive; leave.
-adjectives
remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous (redundant).
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