English noun: continuance |
1. | continuance (act) the act of continuing an activity without interruption |
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| Synonyms | continuation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abidance, lengthening, perpetuation, perseverance, perseveration, persistence, prolongation, prosecution, protraction, pursuance, repeating, repetition, survival |
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| Antonyms | discontinuance, discontinuation |
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2. | continuance (time) the period of time during which something continues |
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| Synonyms | duration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clocking, longueur, note value, residence time, rule, span, stint, stretch, time scale, time value, value |
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3. | continuance (time) the property of enduring or continuing in time |
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| Synonyms | duration |
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| Broader (hypernym) | time |
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