Continuation

/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ · noun

Meaning

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession.

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

the continuation of a story

The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.

Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression.

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Antonyms for continuation

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Word Forms

• continuations

Usage Notes

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