continuation

American  

[kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-shuhn] / kənˌtɪn yuˈeɪ ʃən /

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.

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continuation British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• noncontinuation noun
• procontinuation adjective

Etymology

Origin of continuation

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

Example Sentences

He nearly got one with 8:44 to play when Warriors guard Stephen Curry made a shot that appeared to be a continuation after a foul, but the officials nullified the basket.

From Los Angeles Times

A Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice is in place until Tuesday at 11:00 GMT, with a continuation of wintry showers across parts of Wales forecast.

From BBC

Had California remained part of Mexico, it would have been in this larger, earlier wave of abolition, rather than seeing the continuation or return of enslavement.

From Los Angeles Times

For powerhouses Toulouse it was the continuation of a wretched run of results in Catalonia against their much less-fancied opponents.

From Barron's

The continuation of U.S. intelligence support may not be flaunted but it’s hardly hidden.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• continuance
• continuity
• extension
• perpetuation
• preservation