Thesaurus: continuation

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1. n. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
2. n. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.
3. n. the act of continuing an activity without interruption
4. n. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
5. n. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
6. n. the consequence of being lengthened in duration
7. 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.
8. n:100 n the act of continuing an activity without interruption n a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it n a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction n the consequence of being lengthened in duration