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continuation

[ kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued.
  2. extension or carrying on to a further point:

    to request the continuation of a loan.

  3. something that continues some preceding thing by being of the same kind or having a similar content:

    Today's weather will be a continuation of yesterday's.

  4. Library Science.
    1. a supplement to a publication previously issued.
    2. a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.
  5. British Stock Exchange. contango.


continuation

/ kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən /

noun

  1. a part or thing added, esp to a book or play, that serves to continue or extend; sequel
  2. a renewal of an interrupted action, process, etc; resumption
  3. the act or fact of continuing without interruption; prolongation
  4. another word for contango contango
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • noncon·tinu·ation noun
  • procon·tin·u·ation adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of continuation1

1350–1400; Middle English continuacio ( u ) n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō ). See continuate, -ion
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Example Sentences

Our agreement with Israel helps advance this strategic imperative, and it represents a continuation of Bahrain’s approach to peacemaking as the only realistic option for the advancement of our two peoples.

From Fortune

We have a peaceful transition or continuation of power and continue to work to make things better.

We already know that, but it is certainly, as she said, a continuation of that, understanding that we have a right over our own bodies and to name practices that have been going on forever.

From Fortune

There has always been a continuation of philosophy and approach from the founder and the people that followed him.

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“This is a continuation of Buffett spreading his international wings,” Stephen Innes, chief global analyst at online forex trader AxiCorp, said in a note Monday.

From Fortune

Were there ever plans for a sequel to Scissorhands, or a continuation of that story?

This obsession with food choice often leads people to cut out the wrong ones, proliferating the continuation of new diets.

The eight compositions on display at the Sears-Peyton Gallery are a continuation of a body of work.

But will future systems see the continuation of the online pass?

Videos uploaded by some mothers and fathers are less of a reach out than a simple continuation of their quotidian Internet habits.

Newhall Street, and a new thoroughfare made in continuation of Bread Street.

It is sincerely to be hoped that a little later we shall have a continuation of the work from Mr. Withers' pen.

In continuation of this topic, may I inquire when and where the two following bishops, deprived in 1690, died?

The inner tube is of the same diameter as the flue, and forms a continuation of it.

The continuation of the shoal between the islands and Point Lookout was not clearly ascertained.

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