continuation

American  

[kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-shuhn] / kənˌtɪn yuˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued.

2. extension or carrying on to a further point.

   to request the continuation of a loan.

3. something that continues some preceding thing by being of the same kind or having a similar content.

   Today's weather will be a continuation of yesterday's.

4. Library Science.

   1. a supplement to a publication previously issued.

   2. a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.

5. British Stock Exchange. contango.

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continuation British  

/ kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. a part or thing added, esp to a book or play, that serves to continue or extend; sequel

2. a renewal of an interrupted action, process, etc; resumption

3. the act or fact of continuing without interruption; prolongation

4. another word for contango contango

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Other Word Forms

• noncontinuation noun
• procontinuation adjective

Etymology

Origin of continuation

1350–1400; Middle English continuacio ( u ) n (< Anglo-French ) < Latin continuātiōn- (stem of continuātiō ). See continuate, -ion

Example Sentences

“Those conversions, where Polestar strengthens its balance sheet, serves the interests of both companies, and supports the successful continuation of the partnership.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The new pool marks the second continuation vehicle that Ares’s credit secondary team has formed with Antares in the past 12 months.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rule proposed Monday makes clear that so-called continuation funds, where a firm buys a fund from its own affiliate using its own proprietary valuation methods, wouldn’t be eligible for the Labor Department’s safe harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under these conditions, there are Iranians who support the continuation of the war.

From BBC

If war is the continuation of politics by other means, as the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously claimed, then a war’s success must be judged by the achievement of its political goals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• continuance
• continuity
• extension
• perpetuation
• preservation