noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian:/kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃən/
Australian:[kənˌtɪn.jʉˈæɪ.ʃn̩]
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N T IH2 N Y UW0 EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prolongation, propagation
Antonyms: discontinuation, termination
2
noun
Meaning 2
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the continuation of a story
The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
