continuance
noun/kənˈtɪnjuəns/
/kənˈtɪnjuəns/
- [uncountable] (formal) the state of continuing to exist or function
- We can no longer support the President's continuance in office.
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- [countable] (North American English, law) a decision that a court case should be heard later
- The judge refused his motion for a continuance.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from continuer ‘continue’, from Latin continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).
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