continuation
[kuh n-tin-yoo-ey-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of continuation
1350–1400; Middle English continuacio(u)n (< Anglo-French) < Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō). See continuate, -ion
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Examples from the Web for continuation
Contemporary Examples
Were there ever plans for a sequel to Scissorhands, or a continuation of that story?
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ SequelMarlow Stern
December 17, 2014
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?
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November 5, 2013
Going forward, Republicans are hoping they can use the continuation of sequestration as leverage in future budget showdowns.
Historical Examples
It is not serious exactly—it is merely, as it were, a continuation of the confession.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
Apparently it went straight on up and was a continuation of that lower pit.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
It was a narrow apartment, and seemed as if it were the continuation of the corridor.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
And her two daughters-in-law seemed like a continuation of herself.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
The Philebus, like the Cratylus, is supposed to be the continuation of a previous discussion.
PhilebusPlato
continuation
- 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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Word Origin and History for continuation
n.
late 14c., from Old French continuation (13c.), or directly from Latin continuationem (nominative continuatio), noun of action from continuat-, past participle stem of continuare (see continue).
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