Continue and Depart

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Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

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Depart is an antonym for continue in persist topic.

Nearby Words: continued, continuing, continuation, continuity, continuance

Depart

Depart verb - To leave a place often for another.

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Synonyms for Depart

Antonyms for Depart

Continue is an antonym for depart in topics: leave, expected.

Nearby Words: departure, department, departing

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Common collocations

life	continue life	depart life
job	continue job	depart job
race	continue race	depart race
name	continue name	depart name
Other words: series, show, path, ways.

Both words in one sentence

After the new queen and her minions depart to create more hives, one of the victims infected earlier is forced to run away from the hospital and continue going barefoot towards the direction of the new swarm until her body gives way and dies.

Source: And I Must Scream / Literature

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Depart or Continue. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/depart.

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