continuation
the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued.
extension or carrying on to a further point: to request the continuation of a loan.
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.
Library Science.
a supplement to a publication previously issued.
a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.
British Stock Exchange. contango.
Origin of continuation
1Other words from continuation
- non·con·tin·u·a·tion, noun
- pro·con·tin·u·a·tion, adjective
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How to use continuation in a sentence
The others were just continuations of the story, but they fit perfectly.
For a newspaper under pressure, he recommended shorter stories, fewer “jumps” or continuations.
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIt is no wonder that people tried further continuations and further complications: still less wonder that they utterly failed.
The English Novel | George SaintsburyIn addition to the muscle-plates and their ventral continuations, there are no other mesoblast-cells to be seen.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
Our languages, manners, laws, and forms of government will seem to them continuations of those of Greece and Rome.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotThese may all be entered upon one card under the simple title, "Tax laws," and the three volumes added as continuations.
British Dictionary definitions for continuation
/ (kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən) /
a part or thing added, esp to a book or play, that serves to continue or extend; sequel
a renewal of an interrupted action, process, etc; resumption
the act or fact of continuing without interruption; prolongation
another word for contango (def. 1), contango (def. 2)
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