Continuation
noun
The act of going on with something, or more of the same thing.
This movie is a continuation of the previous one.
Often appears as...
- continuation of services
- continuation of trends
noun
Something that happens after and often because of a previous event.
The conflict is seen as a continuation of a historical feud.
Often appears as...
- continuation of conflict
- continuation of historical event
noun
A follow-up work to an existing story.
Her new book is a continuation of her last novel.
Often appears as...
- continuation of the saga
- continuation novel
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Literary
noun
In maths, a function that does not have breaks or gaps.
If a function's graph can be drawn without lifting the pen off the paper, it is called a continuation.
Often appears as...
- continuation function
- continuation of graph
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Technical
noun
In computer science, a coding structure that can pause and restart a function at many points.
In this coding language, a continuation is used to handle callback functions.
Often appears as...
- continuation passing
- continuation style
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Technical
noun
The act of going on with something, or more of the same thing.
This movie is a continuation of the previous one.
Often appears as...
- continuation of services
- continuation of trends
noun
Something that happens after and often because of a previous event.
The conflict is seen as a continuation of a historical feud.
Often appears as...
- continuation of conflict
- continuation of historical event
noun
A follow-up work to an existing story.
Her new book is a continuation of her last novel.
Often appears as...
- continuation of the saga
- continuation novel
Usage tips
Literary
noun
In maths, a function that does not have breaks or gaps.
If a function's graph can be drawn without lifting the pen off the paper, it is called a continuation.
Often appears as...
- continuation function
- continuation of graph
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In computer science, a coding structure that can pause and restart a function at many points.
In this coding language, a continuation is used to handle callback functions.
Often appears as...
- continuation passing
- continuation style
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Series Expansion
Used to express the progression of things in time, like stories or projects.
The architect discussed the continuation of the construction phases.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Implies that there is a pace or delay, separating events or actions.
After the intermission, the players' energetic continuation received applause.
Pro Tip 3/3Persistence
Often suggests determination when facing challenges or opposition.
Despite the setbacks, her continuation of the project showed great resolve.
Pro Tip 1/3Series Expansion
Used to express the progression of things in time, like stories or projects.
The architect discussed the continuation of the construction phases.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Implies that there is a pace or delay, separating events or actions.
After the intermission, the players' energetic continuation received applause.
Pro Tip 3/3Persistence
Often suggests determination when facing challenges or opposition.
Despite the setbacks, her continuation of the project showed great resolve.
Pro Tip 1/3Series Expansion
Used to express the progression of things in time, like stories or projects.
The architect discussed the continuation of the construction phases.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Implies that there is a pace or delay, separating events or actions.
After the intermission, the players' energetic continuation received applause.
Pro Tip 3/3Persistence
Often suggests determination when facing challenges or opposition.
Despite the setbacks, her continuation of the project showed great resolve.
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The interspecies...
This is sort of a continuation of some of the earlier work, and we just got our first seed money today towards that, so it's our first project. Before the talk, even. Yeah. Wow. Well done. All right, well thank you all so much for joining us. It's such a delight to have you on the stage. Thank you. Thank you.
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Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
And it's in men as well as in women. I want you to imagine that this particular grouping of cells is central to the evolution of our species and the continuation of the human race. And I want you imagine that at some point in history a group of powerful people invested in owning and controlling the world
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
increases exponentially species are destined to crash it's a very dismal view of the world it really is a survival of the fittest view of the world and in wards eyes humans and I think special we are simply the continuation of the great destructive capacity of the planet and that within a
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Why do cats act so...
that helped ensure the continuation of her species for millions of years before. In the wild, cats needed sharp claws for climbing, hunting, and self-defense. Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles,
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Tiger Eye: Up Close and...
beauty of these magnificent beasts and help promote his call to protect them and so you hope that the photographs have to take might have something to do with the continuation of wild tigers not the continuation of tigress in the notion of wild tigers
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Khadijah Tribble: How...
The reality of it is I feel like this is just a continuation of the work I've done my entire life. I've worked alongside marginalized communities, in service of marginalized communities in hopes that I would be able to improve their life in some way.
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Wild Tigers Caught on...
their natural state will convey the beauty of these magnificent beasts and help promote his call to protect them and so you hope that the photographs take might have something to do with the continuation of wild tigers it's not the
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How to support Africa’s...
rightly this is a term that has been coined to describe Africa's rapid growth since 2000 and the inevitability of the continuation of father rapid growth on the continent yes Africa is rising
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Avi Reichental: What’s...
including these shoes at the Amsterdam fashion show. Now, these are not my grandfather's shoes. These are shoes that represent the continuation of his passion for hyper-local manufacturing.
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Why do women have...
That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be, sets us on course for the continuation of the human race.
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The interspecies...
This is sort of a continuation of some of the earlier work, and we just got our first seed money today towards that, so it's our first project. Before the talk, even. Yeah. Wow. Well done. All right, well thank you all so much for joining us. It's such a delight to have you on the stage. Thank you. Thank you.
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
And it's in men as well as in women. I want you to imagine that this particular grouping of cells is central to the evolution of our species and the continuation of the human race. And I want you imagine that at some point in history a group of powerful people invested in owning and controlling the world
Video examples
Tim Flannery: Here on...
increases exponentially species are destined to crash it's a very dismal view of the world it really is a survival of the fittest view of the world and in wards eyes humans and I think special we are simply the continuation of the great destructive capacity of the planet and that within a
Video examples
Why do cats act so...
that helped ensure the continuation of her species for millions of years before. In the wild, cats needed sharp claws for climbing, hunting, and self-defense. Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles,
Video examples
Tiger Eye: Up Close and...
beauty of these magnificent beasts and help promote his call to protect them and so you hope that the photographs have to take might have something to do with the continuation of wild tigers not the continuation of tigress in the notion of wild tigers
Video examples
Khadijah Tribble: How...
The reality of it is I feel like this is just a continuation of the work I've done my entire life. I've worked alongside marginalized communities, in service of marginalized communities in hopes that I would be able to improve their life in some way.
Video examples
Wild Tigers Caught on...
their natural state will convey the beauty of these magnificent beasts and help promote his call to protect them and so you hope that the photographs take might have something to do with the continuation of wild tigers it's not the
Video examples
How to support Africa’s...
rightly this is a term that has been coined to describe Africa's rapid growth since 2000 and the inevitability of the continuation of father rapid growth on the continent yes Africa is rising
Video examples
Avi Reichental: What’s...
including these shoes at the Amsterdam fashion show. Now, these are not my grandfather's shoes. These are shoes that represent the continuation of his passion for hyper-local manufacturing.
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Why do women have...
That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be, sets us on course for the continuation of the human race.
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Charlie Kirk
American Activist
Subsidies and grants throw off the natural market signals that are supposed to allow students to make informed decisions on the true value of a college degree. Increasing aid, and expanding subsidies only intensifies the problem which will lead us down a path of more college dropouts and a continuation of skyrocketing tuition.
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Pete Hegseth
American Author
Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation.
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Lucien Bouchard
Canadian Lawyer
It's the continuation of everyone's childhood to see these young children who grow up full of life, full of intelligence, full of a sense of wonder. And within an instant they're gone from this world. It's terrible.
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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
American Designer
When I graduated from UCLA, I actually started interviewing for banking jobs. But at some point I realized a career in banking felt more like a continuation of school than a passion.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.
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Richard Edelman
American Businessman
The trust of the mass population can no longer be taken for granted, and any continuation of the 'grand illusion' is dangerous for leaders in today's world.
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Hanns Eisler
German Composer
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
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Savion Glover
American Dancer
I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
Death is just a continuation of life.
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Charlie Kirk
American Activist
Subsidies and grants throw off the natural market signals that are supposed to allow students to make informed decisions on the true value of a college degree. Increasing aid, and expanding subsidies only intensifies the problem which will lead us down a path of more college dropouts and a continuation of skyrocketing tuition.
Quote examples
Pete Hegseth
American Author
Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.
Quote examples
Marianne Williamson
American Author
The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says that birth is not the beginning of life but a continuation. And physical death is not the end of life but a continuation.
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Lucien Bouchard
Canadian Lawyer
It's the continuation of everyone's childhood to see these young children who grow up full of life, full of intelligence, full of a sense of wonder. And within an instant they're gone from this world. It's terrible.
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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
American Designer
When I graduated from UCLA, I actually started interviewing for banking jobs. But at some point I realized a career in banking felt more like a continuation of school than a passion.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.
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Richard Edelman
American Businessman
The trust of the mass population can no longer be taken for granted, and any continuation of the 'grand illusion' is dangerous for leaders in today's world.
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Hanns Eisler
German Composer
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
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Savion Glover
American Dancer
I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.
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Judith Durham
Australian Musician
Death is just a continuation of life.
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