continuation
Syllables: con·tin·u·a·tion/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
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Australia/kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/
continuation noun: the act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession.
Noun
continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)
- The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
- There is no reason for the continuation of this discrepancy in maximum penalties since the relevant factor here is assault, not the sex of the person assaulted.1971, “Demand”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 4
- Synonyms:
- prolongation, propagation
- Antonyms:
- discontinuation, termination
- That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
- the continuation of a story
- The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
- A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
- Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression.1986, “MIT/GNU Scheme 10.1.11”, in The GNU Operating System
- A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
continuation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
continuation in Tamil
- தொடர்ச்சி
continuation in Urdu
- continuation
- بقا baqā
continuation in Telugu
- act or state of continuing
- తరవాయి taravāyi, కొనసాగింపు konasāgimpu
continuation in Malayalam
- continuation
- തുടർച്ച tuṭaṟcca
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- continuation in Kannada
- ಮರಳಿ ತೊಡಗುಹ, ನಿಲ್ಲದಿಕೆ
- continuation in Sanskrit
- तन् tán
- continuation in Malay
- kesinambungan
Examples of continuation in a sentence
- Muslims believe that the Final Testament, the Quran, is a continuation of the New Testament.
- War is the continuation of politics by other means; war is politics with the addition of hyperviolence and extra-civilian scope.
- So the decision stream feeds back into that first decision, determining its continuation.
Synonyms of continuation
Antonyms
Forms of continuation
| plural | continuations |
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Origin of continuation
From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.
Words formed from continuation
Phrases with continuation
Words that rhyme with continuation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about continuation
- What does continuation mean?
- Continuation means the act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession.
- What is continuation in Tamil?
- Continuation in Tamil is தொடர்ச்சி. See Continuation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is continuation?
- Continuation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce continuation?
- Continuation is pronounced /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of continuation?
- The plural of continuation is continuations.
Words near continuation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: continuation (page history and authors); continuation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بقا (Urdu) (page history and authors); തുടർച്ച (Malayalam) (page history and authors); continuation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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