Continuation
[kəntɪnjʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən'tɪnjʊ'eʃən]
Definition
(n.) That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
(n.) That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Extension (in time or space), prolongation, protraction, continuance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sequence, continuance, continuity, duration, succession, connection, extension,prolongation, perpetuation, concatenation
ANT:Interruption, cessation, discontinuance, break, gap
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Examples
- The new empires did not even pretend to be a continuation of the world empire of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I accordingly assembled my troop, and proposed to them this retrograde movement, instead of the continuation of our journey to Auxerre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Caroline, without pausing, trod forward on the trembling plank as if it were a continuation of the firm turf. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, in property going out of families, said Mrs. Waule, in continuation,--and where there's steady young men to carry on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A continuation of the state of England under Queen Anne. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He has been in the schoolroom issuing commands in a manner which, I suppose, was a continuation of that with which he has harassed you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I regret exceedingly that I cannot help you in this matter, and any continuation of this interview would be a waste of time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Thornton and Mr. Hale were both absorbed in the continuation of some subject which had been started at their last meeting. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation of the sandy freckles on his forehead and face. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- CONTINUATION, _Begun at Passy, near Paris, 1784. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This Eastern or Byzantine empire is generally spoken of as if it were a continuation of the Roman tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The literature was no mere continuation of the old; it was a new production. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Morgan was exultant, while Mr. Edison was still confident and suggested a continuation of the test. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Hale spoke first, in continuation of his thought: 'About Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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