continuance
NounUS[kuhn-tin-yoo-uhns]/kənˈtɪnjuəns/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- the act of continuing an activity without interruptionSynonyms: continuationOpposite discontinuanceType of activityKinds prolongation, repetition, pursuance, survival, perseverance, abidance
- the period of time during which something continuesSynonyms: durationType of time period, period of timeKinds span, clocking, value, longueur, stretch, rule, residence time, time scale
- the property of enduring or continuing in timeSynonyms: durationType of time
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·tin′u·ance noun
Origin: OF. continuance.
1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long continuance.— Deut. xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance in well-doing.— Rom. ii. 7.
2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species.— Joseph Addison
3. A holding together; continuity. obsolete Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
4. Law (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54