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continuance
CEFRC1
/kənˈtɪnjuəns/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The act of continuing or remaining in operation.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAn order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
Examples
The lawyer requested a continuance to gather more evidence.
Motion for continuance denied.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 2
Also pronounced
- /kənˈtɪnjʊəns/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
The action of continuing.
More examples
In contextNow stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce. / But all this glee had no continuaunce: / For eftsones winter gan to approche; / The blustering Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the solitarie Brere; / For nowe no succ...
Now stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce. / But all this glee had no continuaunce: / For eftsones winter gan to approche; / The blustering Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the solitarie Brere; / For nowe no succoure was seene him nere.
[…] the interview's continuance already had attracted observation from some topmen aloft and other sailors in the waist or further forward.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer.