continuation

[ kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-shuhn ]
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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.

  1. 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.

  2. Library Science.

    • a supplement to a publication previously issued.

    • a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.

  3. British Stock Exchange. contango.

Origin of continuation

1
1350–1400; Middle English continuacio(u)n (<Anglo-French ) <Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō). See continuate, -ion

Other words from continuation

  • non·con·tin·u·a·tion, noun
  • pro·con·tin·u·a·tion, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for continuation

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

  1. the act or fact of continuing without interruption; prolongation

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