CONTINUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does continuation mean? 

• CONTINUATION (noun)
  The noun CONTINUATION has 4 senses:

1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption

2. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

3. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

4. the consequence of being lengthened in duration

  Familiarity information: CONTINUATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTINUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of continuing an activity without interruption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

continuance; continuation

Hypernyms ("continuation" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "continuation"):

lengthening; perpetuation; prolongation; protraction (the act of prolonging something)

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

perseverance; perseveration; persistence (the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior)

abidance (the act of abiding (enduring without yielding))

prosecution; pursuance (the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion)

survival (something that survives)

Antonym:

discontinuation (the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent))

Derivation:

continue (continue talking)

continue (move ahead; travel onward in time or space)

continue (continue a certain state, condition, or activity)

continue (continue after an interruption)

continue (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

continuation; sequel

Hypernyms ("continuation" is a kind of...):

addendum; postscript; supplement (textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

continuation; good continuation; law of continuation

Hypernyms ("continuation" is a kind of...):

Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The consequence of being lengthened in duration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

continuation; lengthiness; prolongation; protraction

Hypernyms ("continuation" is a kind of...):

duration; length (continuance in time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "continuation"):

fermata ((music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest)

Derivation:

continue (exist over a prolonged period of time)

continue (continue talking)

continue (allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature)

continue (continue a certain state, condition, or activity)

continue (continue in a place, position, or situation)

continue (continue after an interruption)

 Context examples 

The loss or lack of continuation of subject participation after a study has officially closed.

(Lost To Follow-up, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein occurring during embryonic development that is the continuation of the left umbilical vein that drains into the inferior vena cava.

(Ductus Venosus, NCI Thesaurus)

Continuation of treatment for an extended period of time to prevent relapse.

(Maintenance therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.

(Femoral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is important to the continuation of life.

(Homeostatic Process, NCI Thesaurus)

An international study spearheaded by Brazilian scientists forecasts the continuation of the deforestation in the Brazilian savanna, known as cerrado.

(Species native to Brazil savanna likely to face extinction, Agência Brasil)

From now onwards (if, indeed, any continuation of this narrative should ever reach you) it can only be through the paper which I represent.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

pH homeostasis is one of numerous control systems that are involved in keeping the body's internal milieu consistent within a narrow range of variation and are important to the continuation of life.

(pH Homeostasis, NCI Thesaurus)

I regret exceedingly that I cannot help you in this matter, and any continuation of this interview would be a waste of time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The loss or lack of continuation of a subject to follow-up.

(Lost To Follow-up, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)