A continuation means something that keeps going or carries on from where something else left off. When a TV show ends on a cliffhanger and the next episode picks up right where it left off, that second episode is a continuation of the story. When you pause reading a book at bedtime and start again the next morning, your reading is a continuation of yesterday's chapter.

The word comes from “continue,” which means to keep going without stopping or to start again after a pause. A continuation is the thing itself that continues: it might be the next part of a series, the rest of an interrupted conversation, or the ongoing practice of a family tradition. If your school starts a garden project in spring and maintains it through summer and fall, the fall work is a continuation of what began months earlier.

Sometimes people use continuation to emphasize that something isn't really new or different, just more of the same. If a new principal keeps all the same school rules and policies, teachers might describe it as a continuation of how things have always been done. The word suggests connection and flow rather than breaks or fresh starts.