# continuation

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ · frequency rank #11,004

## Definitions
1. The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
3. A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
4. A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.

## Etymology
From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō. Morphologically continue + -ation.

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccontinuation`, `cnotinuation`, `conitnuation`, `conntinuation`, `continaution`, `continnuation`, `continuaiton`, `continuasion`, `continuatino`, `continuationn`, `continuatoin`, `continuattion`, `continutaion`, `contiunation`, `contniuation`, `conttinuation`, `cotninuation`, `ocntinuation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/continuation