uninterrupted continuance or duration
1Continuance — Con*tin u*ance, n. [OF. continuance.] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. [1913 Webster] Great plagues, and of long continuance. Deut.… …
2duration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. term, time, period; continuance, persistence. See permanence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. span, continuation, continuance; see term 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. period, time, age, span, term, run …
3continuance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. continuity; persistence, perseverance, endurance; postponement, extension, prolongation. See lateness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. duration, extension, perpetuation; see continuation 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
4continuity — n. 1. Cohesion, close union, intimate connection. 2. Unbroken extent, contiguity, uninterrupted connection, uninterrupted continuance or duration, ceaselessness, constant flow …
5continuation — continuation, continuance, continuity are often confused, especially when meaning the quality, the act, or the state of continuing or of being continued or an instance revealing such a quality, action, or state. Continuation suggests prolongation …
6continuity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unbroken sequence Nouns 1. continuity, continuum, sequence; round, suite, progression, series, train, [daisy] chain; continuance, continuation, perpetuity; concatenation, scale. See frequency, infinity,… …
7HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
8perpetuity — per·pe·tu·i·ty /ˌpər pə tü ə tē, tyü / n pl ties 1: the quality, state, or duration of being perpetual devised to them in perpetuity 2 a: the condition of a future estate limited in such a way as not to vest within the period fixed by law for the …
9endurance — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An enduring state] Syn. persistence, duration, continuance; see continuation 1 . 2. [The power of enduring] Syn. fortitude, perseverance, stamina, staying power, sufferance, submission, forbearance, long suffering, capacity… …
10continuation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of being continued] Syn. prolongation, continuance, continuing, persistence, perpetuation, protraction, propagation, succession, line, carrying on, perseverance, extension in time, extension in space, continuity,… …
