continuation

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Editorial note

I stopped buying from them after that, and this store seems a continuation of that trend.

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Quick take

the act of continuing an activity without interruption

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of continuation gathered in one view.

noun

the act of continuing an activity without interruption

noun

a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

noun

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for continuation.

noun

the act of continuing an activity without interruption

noun

a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

noun

a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

noun

the consequence of being lengthened in duration

Example sentences

I stopped buying from them after that, and this store seems a continuation of that trend.

That's not a good thing for a democracy or the continuation of a free society.

Erlang does this, Stackless Python does this, any Lisp with good old call-with-current-continuation does this.

"The nature of Lisp really lends itself to continuation-based programming.

The continuation monad allows every kind of effect.

I hope this revert represents a natural continuation of that policy.

To make a terrible continuation of the analogy, a Trojan Horse doesn't work if the Trojans hate your crappy horse and decide to never speak to you again.

But to me there's no going back from being able to see visually that you forgot to close a string or parenthesis, or include a proper line continuation for your macro.