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Definition: Continuance |
ContinuanceNoun1. The act of continuing or resuming an activity. 2. The period of time during which something continues. 3. The property of enduring or continuing in time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "continuance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Continuance \Con*tin"u*ance\, noun. [Old French expression continuance.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ContinuanceSynonyms: continuation (n), duration (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: discontinuance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuance in action | Noun: continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence; (perseverance) a; repetition. |
Diuturnity | Durableness, durability; persistence, endlessness, lastingness; Adjective: continuance, standing; permanence; (stability) survival, survivance; longevity; (age); distance of time. |
Perseverance | Noun: perseverance; continuance; (inaction); permanence; (absence of change); firmness; (stability). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Continuance |
| English words defined with "continuance": Chronic disease, Continuative ♦ Darrein, Diurnation, Diuturnal, Durably, duration ♦ Imparlance, Inveteracy ♦ length ♦ Miscontinuance ♦ Only from day to day ♦ Pendency, Perduration, Permansion, prosecution, pursuance ♦ Quantity of estate ♦ Remanency ♦ The Commune, To hold on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "continuance": Accessory Cloud ♦ classification of assets ♦ environmental control system, Equateur-code ISO ♦ Tyropoeon Valley. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Hardeen inherits his brother's secrets Houdini's will makes possible the continuance of Houdini's master mysteries. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Francis Quarles | Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice. |
H. Moore | Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end, where there is no authority to decide between the contenders) is one great reason of men's putting themselves into society, and quitting the state of nature: for where there is an authority, a power on earth, from which relief can be had by appeal, there the continuance of the state of war is excluded, and the controversy is decided by that power. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Assembly may from time to time advise the reconsideration by Members of the League of treaties which have become inapplicable and the consideration of international conditions whose continuance might endanger the peace of the world. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It should carry with it the continuance of the present facilities for mutual security by the joint use of all Naval and Air Force bases in the possession of either country all over the world. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The accidents of my life have often afforded me this advantage, but never with more fulness and variety than during my continuance in office. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I saw nothing in this country that could invite me to a longer continuance, and began to think of returning home to England. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Denmark | However, the Danish Krone remains linked closely to the Euro in order to ensure continuance of the firm exchange rate policy pursued since the early 1980s. (references) |
Ireland | A significant Irish minority repudiated the treaty settlement because of the continuance of subordinate ties to the British monarch and the partition of the island. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | If the state of things had afforded reason for the continuance of my presence with the army, it would not have been withholden. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Among our Indian neighbors in the northwestern quarter some fermentation was observed soon after the late occurrences, threatening the continuance of our peace. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | To merit the continuance of this good opinion, and to carry it with me into my retirement as the solace of advancing years, will be the object of my most zealous and unceasing efforts. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In bringing to your notice the particular state of our foreign affairs, it affords me high gratification to inform you that they are in a condition which promises the continuance of friendship with all nations. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | I look hopefully to the continuance of our protective system and to the consequent development of manufacturing and mining enterprises in the States hitherto wholly given to agriculture as a potent influence in the perfect unification of our people. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Continuance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Continuance" is used about 173 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 173 | 23,656 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "continuance": of long continuance. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
continuance | 19 |
business continuance | 15 |
continuance motion | 9 |
business continuance plan | 4 |
continuance request | 2 |
continuance form motion | 2 |
continuance tech.com | 2 |
continuance motion sample | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "continuance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vazhdimësi (continuity, permanence, permanency, run), vazhdim (carrying-on, continuation, course, elongation, extension, follow up, persistence, persistency, resumption, sequel), qëndrim (attitude, bearing, carriage, concernment, deportment, footing, halt, indwelling, mien, notch, poise, port, pose, posture, stand, stay, stop, waiting), kohëzgjatje (duration, length). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مواصلة (going on, proceeding, pursuit), خلود (eternity, immortality, perpetuity), إاستمرارية, ديمومة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | времетраене (duration, endurance, length, span, standing), отсрочване (adjournment, postponement), продължителност (durability, duration, endurance, persistence, run, value), престой (abidance, dead time, downtime, idle time, lay over, outage, residence, stay, stopover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 连续 (Continual, Continuous, Continuously, sequential, serial, succession, successive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trvání (duration, length, persistence, standing, subsistence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | under afspaendingens fortsaettelse (with the continuance of détente). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verdaging van de zitting (adjournment), bestendiging (continuation, perpetuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kontinuigo (perpetuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تناوب بدون انقطاع , ادامه (Resumption), دوام (Continuity, Durante, Life, Permanency, Perpetuity, Persistence, Strength, Substance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asian käsittelyn lykkääminen (adjournment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | continuité (continuity), continuation (continuation, continue), renvoi des débats, perpétuation (continuation), durée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dauer (duration, endurance, length, period, permanence, term, time, value). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνέχιση (abidance, continuation, prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "משך (continuation, installment, prolongation, resumption, sequel, sequence), "תמשכות (continuity, extending, prolongation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meghosszabbítás (alignment, elongation, extension, prolongation, prorogation, renewal), folytonosság (continua, continuity, continuum, perpetuity), tartam (durance, duration, endurance, length, period, standing, stretch), szakadatlanság, folytatás (carrying-on, continuation, prosecution, pursuance, resumption, sequel, sequence), folyamatosság (continuity), elnapolás (adjournment, lay over, postponement, prorogation), elhúzódás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kelanjutan (continuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | continuazione (continuation, duration, pursuance), rinvio dell'udienza (adjournment), rinvio del dibattimento (adjournment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 存続 (duration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そ"ぞく (direct ancestors, duration, noble ancestors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | farraghtyn (carry on, continue, durability, endure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontinuancecay continuação (continuation, continuity, follow-up, process, prolongation, prosecution, resumption, sequel), duração (duration, endurance, length, run, time), adiamento da audiência (adjournment). (various references) continuare (abidance, continuation, prosecution, sequel), rãmânere (abidance, abode, remaining), perseverenţã (assiduity, perseverance, tenacity, urgency), duratã (course, duration, endurance, lasting, length, life, long, stretch, term). (various references) продолжительность (duration, lasting), длительный период, длительность (durability, duration, lasting, standing). (various references) trajanje (duration, lasting, standing, term), dugotrajnost. (various references) continuación (carrying-on, continuation, follow, follow-up, ongoing, prosecution, resumption, sequel), proceso largo, proceso en tiempo, aplazamiento (adjournment, deferment, postponement, put off, putting off). (various references) varaktighet (constancy, durability, duration, length, permanence, permanency, standing), fortsättande, fortgående (continued), ajournering av en förhandling (adjournment), ajournering av överläggningar (adjournment). (various references) uzatma (continuation, elongation, extending, extension, extratime, lengthening, prolongation, protraction, renewal, spread, stretch), temdit (continuation, extension, prolongation), süre (bout, duration, interval, length, notice, period, respite, run, screen time, space, span, stretch, term, time, while), sürüp gitme, erteleme (adjournment, delay, holdover, postponement, procrastination, putoff, respite, retardation, stay, suspense, suspension), devam etme (continuation, progress). (various references) тривалість (currency, duration, lasting, length, standing), тривалий період (long), продовження (continuation, elongation, ongoing, production, prolongation, protraction, resumption, sequel). (various references) sự tiếp tục (continuation, sequel). (various references) par.had (continuation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ýaonem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 2, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ToiV men kaq upomonhn ergou agaqou doxan kai timhn kai afqarsian zhtousin zwhn aiwnion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | His quidem qui secundum patientiam boni operis gloriam et honorem et incorruptionem quaerentibus vitam aeternam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þam þe þurhwuniað on godnesse for to secanne tir, are and undeadlignes sceal he leanian ece lif. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sotheli to hem that ben bi pacience of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | That is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 2, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | kanila nga uban sa pailub diha sa mga maayong pagbuhat, nagapangita sa himaya ug sa kadungganan ug sa pagkadili mamatay, kanila magahatag siyag kinabuhi nga dayon; |
| Croatian | onima koji postojanošæu u dobrim djelima ištu slavu, èast i neraspadljivost - život vjeèni; |
| Danish | dem, som med Udholdenhed i god Gerning søge Ære og Hæder og Uforkrænkelighed, et evigt Liv; |
| Dutch | Dengenen wel, die met volharding in goeddoen, heerlijkheid, en eer, en onverderfelijkheid zoeken, het eeuwige leven; |
| Finnish | niille, jotka hyvässä työssä kestävinä etsivät kirkkautta ja kunniaa ja katoamattomuutta, iankaikkisen elämän, |
| French | réservant la vie éternelle ceux qui, par la persévérance bien faire, cherchent l`honneur, la gloire et l`immortalité; |
| German | Preis und Ehre und unvergängliches Wesen denen, die mit Geduld in guten Werken trachten nach dem ewigen Leben; |
| Haitian Creole | Moun ki pa janm sispann fè byen, k'ap chache lwanj ak respè, k'ap chache mwayen pou yo pa janm mouri, moun sa yo va resevwa lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah memberikan hidup sejati dan kekal kepada mereka yang tekun berbuat baik untuk mendapatkan yang mulia, yang terhormat dan yang abadi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | yaitu hidup yang kekal untuk orang yang mencari kemuliaan dan kehormatan dan peri yang tiada berkebinasaan di dalam berbuat baik dengan tekunnya; |
| Italian | la vita eterna a coloro che perseverando nelle opere di bene cercano gloria, onore e incorruttibilit ; |
| Latvian | Tiem, kas, pacietîbâ labus darbus darîdami, meklç svçtlaimîbu un godu, un neiznîcîbu, - ar mûþîgo dzîvi, |
| Maori | Ki te hunga e whai ana ki te kororia, ki te honore, ki te piraukore, me te mau ano ki te mahi pai, he ora tonu: |
| Norwegian | dem som med utholdenhet i god gjerning søker herlighet og ære og uforgjengelighet, skal han gi evig liv, |
| Rumanian | Wi anume, va da viaya vecinicq celor ce, prin stqruinya kn bine, cautq slava, cinstea wi nemurirea; |
| Russian | ФЕН, ЛПФПТЩЕ ПУФПСОУФЧПН Ч "П'ТПН "ЕМЕ ЙЭХФ УМБЧЩ, ЮЕУФЙ Й 'ЕУУНЕТФЙС, --ЦЙЪОШ ЧЕЮОХА; |
| Shuar | Shuar tuke pénker Túrak Ashí shiira nunasha tura tuke amuukachmin ainia nunasha wakeruiniana nuna Yus tuke iwiaaku Niijiai shiir pujustinian Súsartatui. |
| Swahili | Wale wanaozingatia kutenda mema, kutafuta utukufu na heshima ya Mungu na kutokufa, watapata uzima wa milele. |
| Swedish | Evigt liv skall han giva åt dem som med uthållighet i att göra det goda söka härlighet och ära och oförgänglighet. |
| Uma | Ria tauna to tida mogau' lompe', apa' doko' mporata-ra pe'une', pebila' pai' katuwua' to uma ria ka'otia-na ngkai Alata'ala. Hi tauna to hewa toe Alata'ala mpowai' katuwua' to lompe' duu' kahae-hae-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "continuance": continuances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "continuance": discontinuance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "continuance": discontinuances. (additional references) | |
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"Continuance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: contenance, continance, continuancy, continuence, contrinance, contriuance. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "continuance" (pronounced kunti"nyuwuns) |
| 11 | k u n t i" n y uw u n s | discontinuance. |
| 4 | -uw u n s | affluence, confluence, congruence, influence, issuance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, conformance, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-n-n-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: acetonic, announce, continua, continue, countian, cuneatic, innocent, uncinate. | |
-4 letters: account, aconite, actinon, ancient, auction, canonic, caution, cocaine, coenact, conceit, concent, connate, connect, contain, enation, inconnu, oceanic, tonneau, tunicae, unction. | |
-5 letters: accent, acetic, acetin, action, aeonic, ancone, anoint, atonic, auntie, canine, cannie, cannon, cannot, cantic, canton, cation, centai, cocain, conine, coteau, enatic, encina, eonian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-n-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: continuances. | |
+2 letters: countenancing. | |
+3 letters: discontinuance, discountenance. | |
+4 letters: counterchanging, counterinstance, discontinuances, discountenanced, discountenances. | |
+5 letters: counterbalancing, counterinstances, discountenancing, noncommunicative. | |
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