continuation

noun

The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession

That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.

(programming, countable) 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.

(basketball, countable) 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.

Roots

teneotinu- · Latin · hold

Synonyms for continuation

continuancen sequeln prolongationn protractionn perpetuationn continuityn pursuancen consecutionn extensionn deferraln

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