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# continuation

noun (a continuation, continuations)

«continuation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A continuation is something that continues or carries on from something before, like the next part of a story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#m1)
2. Continuation is the act of carrying on without stopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, writing a continuation of a story; in maths, the continuation of a pattern or sequence; in history, continuation of traditions.

### Examples

- Write a continuation of the story where the dragon comes back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#x1)
- The second book is a continuation of the first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#x2)
- The next term is a continuation of this number pattern. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#x3)
- The rain was a continuation of last week's wet weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#x4)
- The festival is a continuation of an old tradition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/#x5)

### Note

Countable: a continuation. Verb: continue. In maths, continuing a sequence means finding the rule and using it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «continuation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«continuation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/continuation.html) on Mova free.