continuity
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4.7
- noun
- /ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪti/
:
continuidad
- That being said... our job now is to maintain continuity of leadership.
- ensure continuity
- provide continuity
- maintain continuity
It gives me a sense of continuity over time.
- It gives me a sense of continuity over time.
- The one city where some continuity of life is Canterbury.
- There was a degree of continuity with the past.
- But I, I find that there's more continuity to writing by hand.
- Those those assure a kind of continuity to the notion of science, He says.
- Regularity is probably best for the continuity of your sleep.
- As a historian, Foucault is particularly attuned to continuities and discontinuities.
- This was an affirmation of a continuity of the Abrahamic religions.
- Those who've attended past colloquia will recognize a strong continuity with a theme of trust.
- The first principle quality measure of sleep is continuity.
Examples
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Gumport's research used an institutional logics approach to examine continuity and change in higher education.
Academic text (2015) -
It gives me a sense of continuity over time.
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There was a degree of continuity with the past.
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What about continuity of medical support?
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Continuity of operations is in effect.
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How do you maintain continuity from the inception of the project through its conclusion?
Academic text (2017) -
The plan, which suited both generations, seemed to promise the continuity and viability of their community.
Academic text (1990) -
The task for teachers, he advises, is to restore continuity between the art form and everyday life.
Academic text (2011) -
The archaeological record reflects material change and continuity that informs concepts of identity for this family.
Academic text (2017) -
The study of history often reveals a strong sense of continuity across different cultures and time periods.
Synonyms
363
3.1
Being steady and not likely to change
56
3.6
An act of something keeping going without stopping
45
5.5
A long life or time that something lasts
30
5.7
A period when something keeps going without stopping
15
5.5
A situation where something lasts a long time without big change
3
4.9
A state of lasting for a long time
A state when something goes on without stopping
The fact of lasting without stopping
The quality of staying the same over time
The state of lasting over time
A state in which a problem or illness lasts a long time
Antonyms
Compounds
A secret Irish republican armed group that formed in 1994 and is called a terrorist group by some governments
A group that uses violence to oppose the Northern Ireland peace process
How Continuous
15
5.5
1
4.9
52
4.7
77
3.2
13
5.1
9
7.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
continuity = continuous (transparent) = continue + ity
The noun denotes the state or quality of being continuous and is directly derived from the adjective/verb stem plus '-ity', so learners who know 'continuous'/'continue' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Continuity comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and tenere ('to hold'), and you can see the same root in continue. So continuity is like things being 'held together' over time without a break.