continuation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/, [kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩] Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧a‧tion Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations) The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession Synonyms: prolongation, propagation Antonyms: discontinuation, termination 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. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === continuation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French continuation, from Old French continuation, borrowed from Latin continuātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === continuation f (plural continuations) continuation (act of continuing) ==== Derived terms ==== bonne continuation === Further reading === “continuation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French continuation. === Noun === continuation f (plural continuations) continuation (act of continuing) ==== Descendants ==== French: continuation === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “continuation”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Old French == === Etymology === Late Old French, borrowed from Latin continuātiō, continuātiōnem. === Noun === continuation oblique singular, f (oblique plural continuations, nominative singular continuation, nominative plural continuations) continuation (act of continuing) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: continuation French: continuation → Middle English: continuacion English: continuation === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “continuation”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.