continuity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
2. (uncountable) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
3. (countable, uncountable) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
4. (uncountable) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
5. (uncountable) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

Synonyms

continuousness

connectedness

continuance

permanence

continuation

succession

coherence

uninterruptedness

persistence

sequel

constancy

permanency

duration

everlastingness

go on

holograph

incessantly

manuscript

ms

order

perpetuity

persistency

playing

regularity

scenario

screenplay

script

sequence

serial

series

steadiness

stretch

successively

unbrokenness

going forward

incessantness

playbook

playscript

occurring in succession

due order

close succession

continued succession

good continuation

law of continuation

going-concern assumption

book

📖

non-interruption

burden

cohesion

consecutive

Translations

continuité

continuidad

Kontinuität

continuità

süreklilik

continuidade

continuïtat

continuïteit

συνέχεια

devamlılık

persistenza

Fortbestand

berdewamî

pervivència

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.