continuance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The action of continuing.
The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

/kənˈtɪnjuəns/ /kənˈtɪnjʊəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-continuance.wav

continuance continuances continuaunce

From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer.

remanence perdurance

discontinuance

miscontinuance noncontinuance recontinuance

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