continuance

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The action of continuing.
2. (countable, uncountable) The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
3. (US, countable) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

Synonyms

continuation

duration

continuity

continuing

prolongation

stay

continue

endurance

last

permanence

durability

go on

going on

incessantly

inheritance

invariableness

lasting

length

life

order

perpetuity

prolonging

prosecution

pursuit

remission

reprieve

residence

resuming

run

sequel

sequence

standing

succession

successively

length of time

uninterruptedness

time of duration

abidance

endurance period

abutting

adulteration

connection

consecutively

constancy

continuously

delay

enduring

eternity

extension

following

Translations

persistencia

durée

continuation

continuazione

durata

continuación

duración

συνέχιση

continuidade

continuação

bestendiging

duração

continuidad

Dauer

مُدّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈtɪnjuəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: continuance

In summary

From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer.