Continuance Meaning
/kənˈtɪnjuəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe action of continuing.
nounThe period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
Sentence Examples
Motion for continuance denied.
The lawyer requested a continuance to gather more evidence.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge granted a ____ of the trial until next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Motion for ____ denied.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the living state, the body is observed to […] adopt most effectual measures for the permanent continuance of its species."
— 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:
"[…] the interview's continuance already had attracted observation from some topmen aloft and other sailors in the waist or further forward."
— 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
"Universal Directory of Railway Officials and Railway Year Book, 1946-47. […] Although the preparation of the fifty-second edition of this well-known work proved a far from easy task, owing to the continuance of unsettled conditions in many parts of the world, the response to the endeavours of the publishers to obtain accurate and complete information has exceeded anything that would have been possible twelve months earlier."
— 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
"There is little to report of changes on the Great Eastern Line other than deceleration, doubtless explained by continuance of the electrification work."
— 1961 September, “Background to the new winter timetables of the East Coast”, in Modern Railways, page 534:
"The gentlemen of the mission were present at a splendid festival, called "The Yam Custom." […] During the continuance of it, (as in the ancient Saturnalia) neither theft, intrigue, nor assault, are punishable, but licentiousness of every kind prevails."
— 1873, T. E. Bowdich, “Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee”, in Travels in Africa, page 281:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge granted a ____ of the trial until next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Motion for ____ denied.