continuation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
2. (countable, uncountable) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
3. (countable) 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.
4. (countable) 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.

Opposite of

discontinuation, termination

Synonyms

sequel

continuance

prolongation

extension

good continuation

law of continuation

continuity

protraction

continuing

succession

renewal

sequence

consequence

continuousness

duration

lengthiness

permanence

progression

rest

resumption

series

going on

inheritance

leaf

length

unconstrained

logic

long-lasting

maintenance

period

upkeep

perpetuation

preservation

I rectraction

consecutiveness

prolonging

prosecution

connection

pursuit

recurrence

relapse

claim

reopening

second series

result

resume

resuming

adulteration

run

chase

Translations

continuation

Fortsetzung

continuazione

continuación

suite

continuação

voortzetting

συνέχιση

prosecuzione

bestendiging

vervolg

poursuite

reprise

⌚

seguito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: continuacion

In summary

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.