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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, work towards an end |
| Synonyms: | avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax, work out |
| Main Entry: | hammer away/hammer into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard at |
| Synonyms: | continue, drive home, drub into, drudge, drum into, endeavor, grind into, grind*, impress upon, instruct, keep on, peg away, persevere, persist, plug away, pound away, repeat, stick to, try hard, try repeatedly, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | be tough, carry on, cling, clutch, go on, grasp, grip, hold fast, hold on, hold out, persevere, persist, remain |
| Antonyms: | cease, give up, let go, stop |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | apply, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, exist, have bearing, hold good, hold true, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, remain true, resist, stand up, stay, stay staunch, wear |
| Antonyms: | cease, desert, halt, quit, stop |
| Main Entry: | insist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order and expect; claim |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, aver, be firm, contend, demand, hold, importune, lay down the law, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, stand firm, swear, take a stand, urge, vow |
| Antonyms: | endure, forget, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | keep at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | be steadfast, carry on, complete, drudge, finish, grind, labor, last, maintain, persevere, persist, remain, slave, stay, stick, toil |
| Antonyms: | discontinue, give in, give up |
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue, endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, cling, hang on, last, persist, remain, stand, stay, stick around, survive, wait |
| Antonyms: | halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be alive, breathe, continue, draw breath, endure, get along, get by, have life, last, lead, maintain, make it, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, remain alive, subsist, survive |
| Antonyms: | cease, depart, die |
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, fight for, hold, insist, justify, persist, plead for, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, stand by, state, stress, uphold, vindicate |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
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