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Definition of “continuation

continuation (kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃənPronunciation for continuation

Definitions

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 (sense 1) , contango (sense 2)

Usage examples

  • Sort of a continuation of what I tried to write to you last summer.
    Gaskin, Catherine, The Ambassador's Women (1986)
  • That bombing raid was a continuation of these attempts to wish away the problem of Saddam.
    Spiked (2003)
  • It was not known whether the latest explosions were a continuation of Thursday's attacks.
    CBC (2004)
  • He was frustrated in this by the British continuation of the French policy of accommodation with the native peoples.
    Glasgow Herald (2002)
  • For this, the first batch of local undergraduates, the new university was simply a continuation of secondary school, a degree factory.
    Tomas Graves, TUNING UP AT DAWN: A Memoir of Music and Majorca (2004)

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