Synonyms for continuation
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Noun
1. Prolongation — the act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
prolongation, extension, perpetuation, propagation, protraction, lengthiness
Other
continuance, sequel, duration, continuity, existence, sequence, succession, persistence, supplement, endurance
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
Related words
- Word family
- continuational continuative
- Phrases
- continuation bet continuation day
Forms
- Plural
- continuations → prolongations, extensions, perpetuations, propagations…
Example sentences
- extension Do you have an extension cord that I could borrow?
- propagation He wrote a book about the propagation of Islam in Africa.
- existence No one knows when this custom came into existence.
- sequel I'm looking forward to the sequel of this film.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| continuation | falling | |
| extension | falling | |
| propagation | falling | |
| perpetuation | falling | |
| prolongation | falling | |
| existence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sequel2
- 8 letters
- sequence2, duration3
- 9 letters
- extension3, existence3, endurance3
- 10 letters
- succession3, supplement3, continuity5
- 11 letters
- persistence3, propagation4, continuance4, protraction, lengthiness
- 12 letters
- prolongation, perpetuation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sequel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- continuation
- Italiano
- continuazione
- Deutsch
- Fortsetzung