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" But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics."
Jonathan Coe

Meaning of "continuity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONTINUITY

ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTINUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Continuity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTINUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of continuity in the English dictionary

The first definition of continuity in the dictionary is logical sequence, cohesion, or connection. Other definition of continuity is a continuous or connected whole. Continuity is also the comprehensive script or scenario of detail and movement in a film or broadcast.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTINUITY

acuity · ambiguity · annuity · assiduity · circuity · conspicuity · contiguity · discontinuity · disingenuity · fatuity · fortuity · gratuity · ingenuity · innocuousness · overingenuity · perpetuity · perspicuity · promiscuity · strenuity · vacuity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTINUITY

continue · continued · continued fraction · continuedly · continuedness · continuer · continuing · continuing education · continuingly · continuities · continuity announcer · continuity girl · continuity man · continuo · continuous · continuous assessment · continuous creation · continuous miner · continuous processing · continuous spectrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTINUITY

antiquity · biscuity · congruity · deferred annuity · employment equity · equity · fruity · immediate annuity · in perpetuity · incongruity · inequity · iniquity · life annuity · negative equity · obliquity · private equity · propinquity · superfluity · tenuity · ubiquity

Synonyms and antonyms of continuity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTINUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «continuity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «continuity» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONTINUITY

Find out the translation of continuity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of continuity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «continuity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

连续性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

continuidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

continuity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निरंतरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستمرارية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

непрерывность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

continuidade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ধারাবাহিকতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

continuité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kesinambungan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Kontinuität
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

連続
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

연속
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kasambung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên tục
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सातत्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

süreklilik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

continuità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ciągłość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

безперервність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

continuitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνέχεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kontinuïteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kontinuitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kontinuitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of continuity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTINUITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of continuity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «continuity».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about continuity

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONTINUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word continuity.
1
Amy Alcott
What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes.
2
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith.
3
Gerry Beckley
Our friends in the group Chicago, they just numbered theirs and we thought that was kind of neat but it made continuity from album to album and that was our way of doing it.
4
Max Born
And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.
5
David Bowie
I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.
6
Giordano Bruno
Every soul and spirit has some degree of continuity with the universal spirit, which is recognized to be located not only where the individual soul lives and perceives, but also to be spread out everywhere in its essence and substance, as many Platonists and Pythagoreans have taught.
7
Kenneth Burke
For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state, with its high degree of specialization, make for corresponding classification of status.
8
John Cassavetes
By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.
9
Jonathan Coe
But we are entitled to look for continuity in politics.
10
Pat Conroy
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTINUITY»

Discover the use of continuity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to continuity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Continuity, Chance and Change: The Character of the ...
This book, published to considerable critical acclaim, explores the paradox and attempts to provide a distinct model' of the changes that comprised the industrial revolution.
E. A. Wrigley, 1990
2
Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
This book asks whether the challenges of new technologies, citizens' preferences, and growing political and economic interdependence in the 1980s and 1990s force all polities to adopt similar institutional reforms.
Herbert Kitschelt, 1999
3
The Continuity of Mind
The Continuity of the Mind will help to galvanize the forces of dynamical systems theory, cognitive and computational neuroscience, connectionism, and ecological psychology that are needed to complete this paradigm shift.
Michael Spivey Professor of Psychology Cornell University, 2008
4
Continuity and Change: The Harvest of Late Medieval and ...
Offered here for the first time, the essays represent the most recent formulations of a wide variety of specialists within their own areas of expertise, while collectively contributing to the current historiographical debates about ...
Robert James Bast, Andrew Colin Gow, Heiko Augustinus Oberman, 2000
5
Business Continuity: World Class Business Continuity Management
This book is intended to be a step-by-step guide to implementation of business continuity managementwithin an enterprise.
Andrew Hiles, 2004
6
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for InfoSec Managers
This book has been written by battle tested security consultants who have based all the material, processes and problem- solving on real-world planning and recovery events in enterprise environments world wide.
John Rittinghouse, PhD, CISM, James F. Ransome, PhD, CISM, CISSP, 2011
7
Business Continuity Planning: Protecting Your Organization's ...
Once considered a luxury, a business continuity plan has become a necessity. Many companies are required to have one by law.
Ken Doughty, 2000
8
The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management
This is reflected in this radically updated third edition, with exciting and helpful new content from new and innovative contributors and new case studies bringing the book right up to the minute.
Andrew Hiles, 2010
9
Business Continuity Planning: A Step-by-step Guide with ...
The third edition of this popular book gives you a comprehensive, step-by-step outline filled with precise instructions, risk and business impact analysis guidelines and forms for creating your business continuity blueprint.
Kenneth L. Fulmer, Philip Jan Rothstein, 2005
10
On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States
This much-cited thesis by J. D. van der Waals, the recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics, is accompanied by an introductory essay by J. S. Rowlinson and another work by van der Waals on the theory of liquid mixtures. 1988 edition.
J. D. Van Der Waals, John Shipley Rowlinson, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTINUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term continuity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Data Disaster Diversion: Create a Viable Business Continuity Plan
A continuity plan is basically a plan that spells out how your business will run under sub-optimal business conditions. For example, if a blizzard ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
2
Massachusetts Appeals Court Adopts Two-Prong Continuity and …
13-P-1890 (June 17, 2015), the Court adopted a two-prong analysis that considers the continuity of the alleged business pursuit and if there is ... «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
3
Counting on continuity: Salmon takes over South Tahoe girls soccer …
Mark Salmon was named head coach of the South Tahoe girls soccer team last month. Salmon coached the Vikings' JV team for past two ... «Tahoe Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Jele Heaps Praise On Bucs Coach
Orlando Pirates endured a tough start to their campaign last season with a number of disruptions and, Happy Jele believes that the continuity of ... «Soccer Laduma, Jul 15»
5
Continuity drives Spurs success
The continuity that comes with keeping the core group of a championship crew together is what allows the Spurs to absorb star talent, and ... «Sportal.com.au, Jul 15»
6
Improved continuity of care could save billions of dollars, study says
Streamlining the continuity of care among Medicare patients could save the United States hundreds of billions of dollars a year, TheStreet.com ... «FierceHealthFinance, Jul 15»
7
Disaster Preparedness for Your Business During Hurricane Season
With hurricane season upon us, it's a great time to reassess your organization's business continuity and disaster preparedness plans. «Small Business Trends, Jul 15»
8
Rules of engagement in business continuity
Business continuity management (BCM) practitioners need to start practically integrating roles in companies to bring about greater efficiencies. «ITWeb, Jul 15»
9
HDFC Bank Deploys Sanovi for Business Continuity
HDFC-Bank-Deploys-Sanovi-for-Business-Continuity HDFC Bank, one of India's largest private bank has partnered with Sanofi for Business ... «TeleAnalysis, Jul 15»
10
Continuity of UAE employment not affected with transfer in …
If someone transfers from being sponsored by a spouse to being sponsored directly by the employer, this does not affect the continuity of ... «The National, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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