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. See contango
   another word for contango contango

Other Words From

• noncon·tinu·ation noun
• procon·tin·u·ation adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of continuation¹

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

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From Fortune

“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?

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• continuance
• continuity
• extension
• perpetuation
• preservation