Standard Lemma guide

continuity

adj · noun · 10 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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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/
  • US: /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/
  • US: [ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi]
  • US: [ˌkɑn.tn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi]
  • US: [ˌkɑn.ʔn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnɪu̯.ɪ.ti/ Wales, Ottawa Valley
  • rhymes with -uːɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N T AH0 N UW1 AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: continuing

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed.
  • Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A characteristic property of a continuous function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the property of a continuous and connected period of time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: persistence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lastingness, durability, enduringness, strength

9

noun

Meaning 9

a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: script, book, playscript

10

noun

Meaning 10

uninterrupted connection or union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: discontinuity

Broader terms: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անընդհատություն (anəndhatutʻyun) — lack of interruption
  • Bulgarian: непрекъснатост (neprekǎsnatost) — lack of interruption
  • Catalan: continuïtat — lack of interruption
  • Czech: spojitost — lack of interruption
  • Danish: kontinuitet — lack of interruption
  • Dutch: continuïteit — lack of interruption
  • Esperanto: kontinueco — lack of interruption
  • Finnish: jatkuvuus — lack of interruption
  • Finnish: yhtäjaksoisuus — lack of interruption
  • French: continuité — lack of interruption
  • Georgian: განგრძობადობა (gangrʒobadoba) — lack of interruption
  • Georgian: უწყვეტობა (uc̣q̇veṭoba) — lack of interruption
  • Georgian: განუწყვეტლობა (ganuc̣q̇veṭloba) — lack of interruption
  • German: Kontinuität — lack of interruption
  • Greek: συνέχεια (synécheia) — lack of interruption
  • Ancient Greek: συνέχεια (sunékheia) — lack of interruption
  • Hanunoo: amat — lack of interruption
  • Hebrew: המשכיות (hemshekhiut) — lack of interruption
  • Hindi: निरंतरता (nirantartā) — lack of interruption
  • Hungarian: kontinuitás — lack of interruption
  • Hungarian: folytonosság — lack of interruption
  • Hungarian: folyamatosság — lack of interruption
  • Kazakh: сабақтастық (sabaqtastyq) — lack of interruption
  • Latin: continuitas — lack of interruption
  • Malay: kesinambungan — lack of interruption
  • Māori: ukiukitanga — lack of interruption
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kontinuitet — lack of interruption
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kontinuitet — lack of interruption
  • Polish: ciągłość — lack of interruption
  • Portuguese: continuidade — lack of interruption
  • Romanian: continuitate — lack of interruption
  • Russian: непреры́вность (neprerývnostʹ) — lack of interruption
  • Spanish: continuidad — lack of interruption
  • Spanish: rácord — lack of interruption
  • Spanish: racord — lack of interruption
  • Swedish: kontinuitet — lack of interruption
  • Turkish: süreklilik — lack of interruption
  • Turkish: devamlılık — lack of interruption
  • Armenian: հաջորդականություն (haǰordakanutʻyun) — notion in mathematics
  • Bulgarian: непрекъснатост (neprekǎsnatost) — notion in mathematics
  • Catalan: continuïtat — notion in mathematics
  • Czech: spojitost — notion in mathematics
  • Dutch: continuïteit — notion in mathematics
  • Finnish: jatkuvuus — notion in mathematics
  • French: continuité — notion in mathematics
  • German: Stetigkeit — notion in mathematics
  • Hungarian: folytonosság — notion in mathematics
  • Indonesian: kontinuitas — notion in mathematics
  • Italian: continuità — notion in mathematics
  • Lithuanian: tolydumas — notion in mathematics
  • Persian: پیوستگی — notion in mathematics
  • Polish: ciągłość — notion in mathematics
  • Portuguese: continuidade — notion in mathematics
  • Russian: неразры́вность (nerazrývnostʹ) — notion in mathematics
  • Spanish: continuidad — notion in mathematics
  • Swedish: kontinuitet — notion in mathematics
  • Tagalog: katuluyan — notion in mathematics
  • Turkish: süreklilik — notion in mathematics
  • Urdu: تسلسل — notion in mathematics
Real reading context

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