continuation

/kənˈtɪnjʊˌeɪʃən/

/kəntɪnjuˈeɪʃən/

Other forms: continuations

When you carry something over a longer period of time than originally planned, that's a continuation. The City Council voted on a continuation of their discussion on the school budget after failing to reach an agreement today.

You can also think of a continuation as the act of continuing to do something or to be in a particular situation. The continuation of your allergies makes you suspect they might have something to do with your new cat. Even after your cousin loses his job, he's grateful for the continuation of his health insurance. The Latin root, continuationem, means "a following of one thing after another."

Definitions of continuation

1. noun

   the act of continuing an activity without interruption
   synonyms: continuance

   antonyms:

   discontinuation

   the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

   types:

   lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction

   the act of prolonging something

   repeating, repetition

   the act of doing or performing again

   perseverance, perseveration, persistence

   the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

   abidance

   the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)

   prosecution, pursuance

   the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

   survival

   something that survives

   custom, usage, usance

   accepted or habitual practice

   echolalia

   (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

   iteration

   doing or saying again; a repeated performance

   redundancy

   repetition of an act needlessly

   reduplication, reiteration

   the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)

   copying

   an act of copying

   action replay, instant replay, replay

   the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape

   hangover, holdover

   something that has survived from the past

   renewal

   the act of renewing

   replication

   the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion

   reprise

   the repetition or resumption of some action

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
2. noun

   the consequence of being lengthened in duration
   synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation, protraction

   types:

   fermata

   (music) a pause or hold on a note or rest, with the length determined by the performer or conductor

   type of:

   duration, length

   continuance in time
3. noun

   a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
   synonyms: sequel

   type of:

   addendum, postscript, supplement

   textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
4. noun

   a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
   synonyms: good continuation, law of continuation

   type of:

   Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization

   a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization