Hypertext Webster Gateway: "continuation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Continuation \Con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F.
connuation.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

continuation
n 1: the act of continuing or resuming an activity [syn: {continuance}]
[ant: {discontinuance}, {discontinuance}]
2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
[syn: {sequel}]


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