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continuation
 
Noun continuation has 4 senses
  1. continuance, continuation - the act of continuing an activity without interruption
    --1 is a kind of activity
    Antonyms: discontinuance, discontinuation
    --1 has particulars:
     prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening; repetition, repeating; perseverance, persistence, perseveration; abidance; pursuance, prosecution; survival
    Derived forms: verb continue6, verb continue7, verb continue1, verb continue4, verb continue2
  2. sequel, continuation - a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
    --2 is a kind of addendum, supplement, postscript
  3. good continuation, continuation, law of continuation - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendence to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
    --3 is a kind of Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
  4. lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction - the consequence of being lengthened in duration
    --4 is a kind of duration, length
    Derived forms: verb continue2, verb continue7, verb continue8, verb continue1, verb continue5, verb continue9
continually continuam continuance continuances continuant continuant consonant continuaron continuas continuation continue continue battle continue on this way continue the process continued continued association continued fraction continueing

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