continuation
Pronunciation: /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
The English word “continuation” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
- That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
- A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
- A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
Etymology
From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.
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