continuance
Meaning of continuance
- the state of remaining in existence or operation.
his interests encouraged him to favour the continuance of war
- a postponement or an adjournment.
scheduling trial dates and refusing to grant continuances are part of a judge's prerogative
late Middle English: from Old French, from continuer ‘continue’, from Latin continuare, from continuus (see continuous).
Information about continuance
- It is a name.
- The plural form of continuance is: continuances.
- Languages in which continuance is used:
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Hyphenation of continuance
con-tin-u-ance
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- continuance is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
continuance synonyms
Meaning continuation:
Meaning duration:
Meaning extension of the duration of something:
Meaning the action of prolonging something or the state of being prolonged:
Meaning the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved:
Meaning the action of preserving something:
Meaning the continuation or preservation of a situation, idea, etc:
Translation of continuance
- Spanish: duración
- Italian: durata, continuazione
Words that rhyme with continuance
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