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con⋅tin⋅u⋅a⋅tion

  [kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-shuhn]
Use continuation in a Sentence
–noun
1. the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued.
2. extension or carrying on to a further point: to request the continuation of a loan.
3. something that continues some preceding thing by being of the same kind or having a similar content: Today's weather will be a continuation of yesterday's.
4. Library Science.
a. a supplement to a publication previously issued.
b. a work published in continuance of a monograph, serial, or series.
5. British Stock Exchange. contango.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME continuacio(u)n (< AF) < L continuātiōn- (s. of continuātiō). See continuate, -ion

con⋅tang⋅o

  [kuhn-tang-goh]
–noun, plural -gos, -goes.
(on the London stock exchange) a fee paid by a buyer of securities to the seller for the privilege of deferring payment.
Also called continuation.
Compare backwardation.

Origin:
1850–55; said to be alter. of continue or contingent
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con·tin·u·a·tion   (kən-tĭn'yōō-ā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act or fact of continuing.
    2. The state of being continued.
  2. An extension by which something is carried to a further point.
  3. A resumption after an interruption. See Usage Note at continuance.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : continuation
Spanish: continuación,
German: die Fortsetzung,
Japanese: 継続
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continuation
continuation passing style

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