Continuation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Old French continuation, from Latin continuatio.

Noun

1. The act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.the continuation of a storyThe series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
3. (computing) 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.
4. (basketball) 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.