continuation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.

Continuation of Auld Robin Gray. — The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition, Walter Scott
Walton, in continuation. August 26th, 17—. — Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Continuation of the History of Don Raymond. — The Monk: A Romance, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

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