English Explanatory Dictionary

continuation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
  2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
  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.
  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.

Pronunciation

/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-continuation.wav /kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/ [kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩]

Word forms

continuation continuations

Etymology

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

Synonyms

prolongation propagation

Antonyms

discontinuation termination

Derived words

analytic continuation call-with-current-continuation continuable continuational continuation bet continuation day continuationism continuation line continuation-passing style continuation school continuative noncontinuation recontinuation
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