continuation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of continuing an activity without interruption
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- prolongation hyponym
- repeating hyponym
- perseverance hyponym
- abidance hyponym
- pursuance hyponym
- survival hyponym
Related & opposite
- discontinuance antonym
- proceed derivation
- go forward derivation
- continue derivation
- continue derivation
- persist in derivation
Sense 2 noun
a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
Types & categories
- supplement hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
Types & categories
- Gestalt law of organization hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the consequence of being lengthened in duration
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | discontinuance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proceed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | go forward |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | persist in |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prolongation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repeating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perseverance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abidance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pursuance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | survival |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supplement |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | Gestalt law of organization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | continue |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prolong |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | proceed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | continue |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stay on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | continue |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drawn-out |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | length |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fermata |