continuance [kuhn-tin-yoo-uhns]  
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continuance  [kuhn-tin-yoo-uhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: duration
Synonyms: constancy, continuation, endurance, extension, guts*, longevity, period, permanence, perpetuation, protraction, run, survival, term, vitality
Antonyms: arrest, end, ending, finish, hindrance, obstruction, stop, stoppage
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry: continuation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: addition; maintenance
Synonyms: assiduity, augmenting, continuance, continuing, continuity, duration, endurance, enduring, extension, furtherance, going on, increase, increasing, line, maintaining, perpetuating, perpetuation, persisting, postscript, preservation, preserving, producing, production, prolongation, prolonging, propagation, protracting, protraction, sequel, succession, supplement, sustaining, sustenance, tenacity
Antonyms: cessation, end, finish, halt, stop, termination
Main Entry: continuity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: progression
Synonyms: chain, cohesion, connection, constancy, continuance, continuousness, continuum, dovetailing, durability, duration, endurance, extension, flow, interrelationship, linking, perpetuity, persistence, prolongation, protraction, sequence, stability, stamina, succession, survival, train, uniting, unity, vitality, whole
Antonyms: break, discontinuity, intermittence, interruption, stoppage
Main Entry: credit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deferred payment arrangement; assets
Synonyms: balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment buying, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on account, on the arm, on the cuff, plastic, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth
Antonyms: cash
Main Entry: duration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: length of action, event
Synonyms: continuance, continuation, continuity, endurance, extent, period, perpetuation, persistence, prolongation, run, span, spell, stretch, term, tide, time
Main Entry: endurance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: continuity, lastingness
Synonyms: continuance, continuation, durability, duration, immutability, longevity, permanence, persistence, stability
Antonyms: end, fleetingness
Main Entry: existence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: life
Synonyms: actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, hand one is dealt, individuality, journey, lifing, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race, real world, reality, something, subsistence, survival, the big game, world
Antonyms: death, inanimateness
Main Entry: flow
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: issue, abundance
Synonyms: breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, leakage, movement, oozing, outflow, outpouring, plenty, plethora, progress, progression, river, run, sequence, series, spate, spout, spurt, stream, succession, tide, train, wind
Antonyms: trickle
Main Entry: length
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extent of object, distance, time
Synonyms: breadth, compass, continuance, diameter, dimension, duration, elongation, endlessness, expanse, expansion, extensiveness, height, interval, lastingness, lengthiness, limit, linearity, loftiness, longitude, longness, magnitude, measure, mileage, orbit, panorama, period, piece, portion, protractedness, purview, quantity, radius, range, ranginess, reach, realm, remoteness, season, section, segment, space, spaciousness, span, stretch, stride, tallness, term, unit, width, year
Antonyms: height
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