continuity

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/ UK /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #18572

Meanings

1

noun
The state of continuing steadily over time without interruption.

Keeping the same teacher all year gives the children a sense of continuity.
2

noun
Consistency between the different shots of a film or scenes of a story.

A continuity error meant the actor's shirt changed colour between two shots.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of continuing... persistence

More continence continuousness flowongoingnessuninterruptedness

Opposites

discontinuitynoncontinuityunevenness

Word family

Forms continuities

Derived forms bicontinuitydiscontinuityequicontinuityhemicontinuitynoncontinuityretconsemicontinuity

Related forms continual continue continuousness

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

continuité Middle French continuitas Latin

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# continuity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 18572

## Meanings
1. The state of continuing steadily over time without interruption.
2. Consistency between the different shots of a film or scenes of a story.

## Examples
- Keeping the same teacher all year gives the children a sense of continuity.
- A continuity error meant the actor's shirt changed colour between two shots.

## Synonyms
- continence
- continuousness
- flow
- ongoingness
- uninterruptedness

## Antonyms
- discontinuity
- noncontinuity
- unevenness

## Derived Forms
- bicontinuity
- discontinuity
- equicontinuity
- hemicontinuity
- noncontinuity
- retcon
- semicontinuity

## Related Forms
- continual
- continue
- continuousness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: continuité
- Root: continuitas

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

## AI Etymology
Continuity is borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity. Important historical forms include Middle French continuité, and Latin continuitas. In present-day use, it can mean the state of continuing steadily over time without interruption, or consistency between the different shots of a film or scenes of a story. Derived formations include bicontinuity, discontinuity, equicontinuity, hemicontinuity, noncontinuity.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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