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continuation
noun
1 continuation
The act of continuing an activity without interruption.
synonym: continuance.
Roget 39:
adjunct;
addition,
additament†;
additum [Lat.],
affix,
appelidage†,
annexe†,
annex;
augment,
augmentation;
increment,
reinforcement,
supernumerary,
accessory,
item;
garnish,
sauce;
accompaniment
etc.
88;
adjective,
addendum;
complement,
supplement;
continuation.
rider,
offshoot,
episode,
side issue,
corollary;
piece [Fr.];
flap,
lappet,
skirt,
embroidery,
trappings,
cortege;
tail,
suffix
etc.
(sequel)
65;
wing.
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Roget 143:
continuance,
continuation;
run;
perpetuation,
prolongation;
persistence
etc.
(perseverance)
604.1;
repetition
etc.
104.
Roget 63:
sequence,
coming after;
going after
etc.
(following)
281;
consecution,
succession;
posteriority
etc.
117.
continuation;
order of succession;
successiveness;
paracme†.
secondariness†;
subordinancy
etc.
(inferiority)
34.
afterbirth,
afterburden†;
placenta,
secundines [Med.].
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Polish: kontynuacja
2 continuation
A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it.
synonym: sequel.
Roget 65:
sequel,
suffix,
successor;
tail,
queue,
train,
wake,
trail,
rear;
retinue,
suite;
appendix,
postscript;
epilogue;
peroration;
codicil;
continuation,
sequela†;
appendage;
tail piece [Fr.],
heelpiece†;
tag,
more last words;
colophon.
aftercome†,
aftergrowth†,
afterpart†,
afterpiece†,
aftercourse†,
afterthought,
aftergame†;
arriere pensee [Fr.],
second thoughts;
outgrowth.
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Dutch: vervolgblad
Polish: sequel
3 continuation
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.
4 continuation
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