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continuation.

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

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/Australia[kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩]Australia
  1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

    countable · uncountable
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.

    countable · uncountable
    the continuation of a story
    The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
  3. 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.

    countable
  4. 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.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.

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