| NOUN | act | continuation, continuance | the act of continuing an activity without interruption |
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| communication | continuation, sequel | a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | |
| cognition | continuation, good continuation, law of continuation | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction | |
| attribute | continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction | the consequence of being lengthened in duration |
| Sounds | kahntih.nyuwey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of continuing an activity without interruption. | |
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| Synonym | continuance | |
| Narrower | abidance | The act of abiding (enduring without yielding) |
| perseverance, persistence, perseveration | The act of persisting or persevering | |
| prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengthening | The act of prolonging something | |
| pursuance, prosecution | The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | |
| repetition, repeating | The act of doing or performing again | |
| survival | Something that survives | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Opposite | discontinuance, discontinuation | The act of discontinuing / discontinuing or breaking off |
| Spanish | continuación | |
| Catalan | continuació | |
| Verbs | continue | continue talking / talking / talking |
| continue | move ahead | |
| continue | continue a certain state, condition, or activity | |
| continue | continue after an interruption / interruption | |
| continue | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop | |
| Meaning | A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it. | |
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| Synonym | sequel | |
| Broader | addendum, supplement, postscript | textual matter that is added onto a publication |
| Spanish | continuación | |
| Meaning | A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction. | |
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| Synonyms | good continuation, law of continuation | |
| Broader | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization | A principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization |
| Meaning | The consequence of being lengthened in duration. | |
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| Synonyms | lengthiness, prolongation, protraction | |
| Narrower | fermata | (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest |
| Broader | duration, length | continuance in time |
| Spanish | dilatación, prolongación | |
| Verbs | continue | exist over a prolonged period of time |
| continue | continue talking / talking / 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 / interruption | |
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