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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