continuation

Other forms of continuation

plural

continuations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about continuation

What does continuation mean?

continuation means "the act of continuing an activity without interruption". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in continuation?

continuation has 5 syllables: con-tin-u-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for continuation?

Close synonyms include continuance, sequel, good continuation, law of continuation, lengthiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of continuation?

The recorded antonyms are discontinuation.

Is continuation a common word?

continuation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with continuation?

133 words rhyme with continuation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.