Continuance
[kən'tɪnjʊəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of continuing an activity without interruption.
Typed by Billie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
(n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
(n.) A holding together; continuity.
(n.) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
(n.) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.
Checker: Ophelia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Continuation.[2]. Perseverance, constancy.
Typed by Belinda
Examples
- No assurance to convey to him, through me, of the continuance of your affection and protection? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The morrow, rising on an apparent continuance of the same conditions, revealed nothing of what had occurred between the confronted pair. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Some leases prescribe to the tenant a certain mode of cultivation, and a certain succession of crops, during the whole continuance of the lease. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The man is eternally writing and speaking against the continuance of the war. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is in this set of men, accordingly, that I have observed the greatest zeal for the continuance or renewal of the bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A war, of less than nine years continuance, added ?31,338,689:18: 6 1/6 to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During a war of nearly the same continuance, a new debt of more than seventy-five millions was contracted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During the continuance of the apprenticeship, the whole labour of the apprentice belongs to his master. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with, if I felt no desire for its continuance, or no farther curiosity on its subject. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He can do it by thy silence as well as by thy preaching; thy laying aside as well as thy continuance in thy work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her opinion was sought as to the probable continuance of the open weather, but her answers were as short and indifferent as civility allowed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The most profound peace, of 17 years continuance, had taken no more than ?8,328,354, 17:11? from it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A continuance in a place where everything reminded her of former delight, was exactly what suited her mind. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It is only during the continuance of war, however, that the system of funding has this advantage over the other system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The seasons during which the ability of private people to accumulate was somewhat impaired, would occur more rarely, and be of shorter continuance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Osborn