Meaning & Definition of Continuation in English
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Continuation
/kəntɪnjueʃən/
noun
1. The act of continuing an activity without interruption
synonym:
- continuance,
- continuation
2. A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
synonym:
- sequel,
- continuation
3. A gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
synonym:
- good continuation,
- continuation,
- law of continuation
4. The consequence of being lengthened in duration
synonym:
- lengthiness,
- prolongation,
- continuation,
- protraction
Examples of using
Children are our shift, our future, the continuation of the people's life.
Everybody knows the line “The boy was firm on the interrogation”, but nowadays many people don’t know the continuation: it is a verse about a boy that died, having refused to renounce the membership of Komsomol.
There is a continuation.