"continuation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian], [kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-continuation.wav Forms: continuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|continuacion}} Middle English continuacion, {{der|en|fro|continuation}} Old French continuation, {{der|en|la|continuātiō}} Latin continuātiō, {{suffix|en|continue|ation|nocat=1}} continue + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)
  1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: prolongation, propagation Translations (act or state of continuing): vazhdim (Albanian), շարունակություն (šarunakutʻyun) (Armenian), davam (Azerbaijani), ard (Azerbaijani), дауам (dawam) (Bashkir), праця́г (pracjáh) [masculine] (Belarusian), прадаўжэ́нне (pradaŭžénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), продължение (prodǎlženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), удължение (udǎlženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), continuació [feminine] (Catalan), 續編 (Chinese Mandarin), 续编 (xùbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), pokračování [neuter] (Czech), fortsættelse [common-gender] (Danish), voortzetting [feminine] (Dutch), hervatting [feminine] (Dutch), daŭrigo (Esperanto), jatkuminen (Finnish), continuation [feminine] (French), continuación [feminine] (Galician), Fortsetzung [feminine] (German), המשך (hemshekh) (Hebrew), folytatás (Hungarian), continuazione (Italian), 継続 (keizoku) (Japanese), 계속 (gyesok) (Korean), continuitas [feminine] (Latin), turpinājums [masculine] (Latvian), turpināšana (english: act of continuing) [feminine] (Latvian), kesinambungan (Malay), roanga (Maori), videreføring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fortsettelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kontynuacja [feminine] (Polish), dalszy ciąg [masculine] (Polish), continuação [feminine] (Portuguese), prosseguimento [masculine] (Portuguese), continuare [feminine] (Romanian), urmare [feminine] (Romanian), продолже́ние (prodolžénije) [neuter] (Russian), континуа́ция (kontinuácija) [feminine] (Russian), pokračovanie [neuter] (Slovak), continuación [feminine] (Spanish), continuamiento [masculine] (Spanish), fortsättning [common-gender] (Swedish), తరవాయి (taravāyi) (Telugu), కొనసాగింపు (konasāgimpu) (Telugu), stamalñe (Tocharian B), devam (Turkish), продо́вження (prodóvžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-continuation-en-noun-bmeGy3E4 Disambiguation of 'act or state of continuing': 76 2 21 1
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-continuation-en-noun-BsPaXR3X
  3. (programming) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming
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  4. (basketball) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-continuation-en-noun-bbV5QxdS Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: delimited continuation, first-class continuation, second-class continuation

Inflected forms

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      "word": "call-with-current-continuation"
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      "word": "continuable"
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          "roman": "pradaŭžénnje",
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          ],
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          "roman": "prodǎlženie",
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          "roman": "udǎlženie",
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          "word": "удължение"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "續編"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xùbiān",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hervatting"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "daŭrigo"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "jatkuminen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hemshekh",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "המשך"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "folytatás"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "continuazione"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keizoku",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "継続"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyesok",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "계속"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
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          "code": "lv",
          "english": "act of continuing",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "kesinambungan"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "roanga"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "continuação"
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          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "prosseguimento"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "continuare"
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        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "urmare"
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          "roman": "prodolžénije",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "продолже́ние"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kontinuácija",
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          "word": "континуа́ция"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "pokračovanie"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
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          "word": "continuación"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "continuamiento"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          "word": "fortsättning"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "taravāyi",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "తరవాయి"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "konasāgimpu",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "కొనసాగింపు"
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        {
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          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "stamalñe"
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          "_dis1": "76 2 21 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
          "word": "devam"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžennja",
          "sense": "act or state of continuing",
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          ],
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          "text": "the continuation of a story",
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        {
          "text": "The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.",
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        "That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on."
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continuitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turpinājums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "english": "act of continuing",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "turpināšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "kesinambungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "roanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "videreføring"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fortsettelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kontynuacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dalszy ciąg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continuação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosseguimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continuare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urmare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodolžénije",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продолже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontinuácija",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "континуа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pokračovanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "continuación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "continuamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fortsättning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "taravāyi",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "తరవాయి"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "konasāgimpu",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "కొనసాగింపు"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "stamalñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "word": "devam"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prodóvžennja",
      "sense": "act or state of continuing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "продо́вження"
    }
  ],
  "word": "continuation"
}

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