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continually |
continuance |
continuant |
continuant consonant |
continuate |
continuation
| continuative
| continuator
| continue
| continued
| continued fraction
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun continuation has 4 senses
- continuation(n = noun.act) continuance - the act of continuing an activity without interruption; Array is a kind of activity
- continuation(n = noun.communication) sequel - a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it; Array is a kind of addendum, postscript, supplement
- continuation(n = noun.cognition) good continuation, law of continuation - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction; Array is a kind of gestalt law of organization, gestalt principle of organization
- continuation(n = noun.attribute) lengthiness, prolongation, protraction - the consequence of being lengthened in duration; Array is a kind of duration, length
has particulars: lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction, repeating, repetition, perseverance, perseveration, persistence, abidance, prosecution, pursuance, survival
Derived forms verb continue2, verb continue4, verb continue1, verb continue7, verb continue6
Antonym: discontinuation
has particulars: fermata
Derived forms verb continue10, verb continue2, verb continue5, verb continue1, verb continue8, verb continue7
CIDE DICTIONARY
continuation, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.].
- That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. [1913 Webster]"Preventing the continuation of the royal line." [1913 Webster]
- That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. [1913 Webster]"My continuation of the version of Statius." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
continuation, n.
1 the act or an instance of continuing; the process of being continued.
2 a part that continues something else.
3 Brit. Stock Exch. the carrying over of an account to the next settling day.
1 the act or an instance of continuing; the process of being continued.
2 a part that continues something else.
3 Brit. Stock Exch. the carrying over of an account to the next settling day.
Idiom
continuation day Stock Exch. = contango day.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L continuatio -onis (as CONTINUE)
THESAURUS
continuation
PS, Parthian shot, accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjournal, adjournment, adjunct, adjuvant, afterthought, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appendix, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, augment, augmentation, back matter, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, coming after, complement, conclusion, concomitant, consecution, consecutiveness, consequence, continualness, continuance, continuity, corollary, deferment, deferral, descent, double take, duration, dying words, endurance, envoi, epilogue, extension, extension of time, extrapolation, fixture, follow-through, follow-up, following, increase, increment, last words, lengthening, line, lineage, lingering, logical sequence, maintenance, offshoot, order, order of succession, parting shot, pendant, peroration, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, posteriority, postface, postfix, postlude, postponement, postposition, postscript, procession, procrastination, progress, progression, prolongation, prorogation, protraction, pursuance, putting-off, refrain, reinforcement, repetition, rotation, run, second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequence, sequent, sequitur, series, side effect, side issue, staying power, straight course, subjunction, subscript, succession, successiveness, suffix, suffixation, supplement, sustained action, sustenance, swan song, tabling, tag, tailpiece, undergirding, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, wayROGET THESAURUS
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Adjunct
N adjunct, addition, additament, additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex, augment, augmentation, increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item, garnish, sauce, accompaniment, adjective, addendum, complement, supplement, continuation, rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary, piece, flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege, tail, suffix, wing, additional, alate, alated, winged, in addition.Sequence
N sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.Sequel
N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.Continuance in action
N continuance in action, continuance, continuation, run, perpetuation, prolongation, persistence, repetition, continuing, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unvarying, unshifting, unreversed, unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried, sustained, undying, inconvertible, Int, keep it up!, go to it!, right away!, right on!, attaboy!, nolumus leges Angliae mutari, vestigia nulla retrorsum, labitur et albetur.
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