Other forms: continuations
A continuation is the carrying on of something that had begun. A continuation of the policy, the continuation of talks, a continuation sheet.
It means the same thing going on rather than a fresh start, which is a distinction that matters in contracts and in war: a continuation of hostilities is not a new conflict. A continuation sheet is the extra page a form runs onto.
1nouncontinuationThe carrying on of something that had begun.
“The new film is a continuation of the story that began in the first one.”
continuation is a carrying on.
Latin continuatio comes from continuare, to join together, from continuus, unbroken.
Latin
continuātiō
Old French
continuation
Middle English
continuacion
English, today
continuation
From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + ation.
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