GDict

continuation

kәn.tinju'eiʃәn8 senses · 104 ms
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noun/kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n//kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n//kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/
  1. 1

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

    • There is no reason for the continuation of this discrepancy in maximum penalties since the relevant factor here is assault, not the sex of the person assaulted.
  2. 2

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

    • the continuation of a story
    • The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
  3. 3

    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.countable

    • Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression.
  4. 4

    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.countable

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