continuance

1. The act of continuing an activity without interruption (synset 101019929)
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • lengthening, perpetuation, prolongation, protraction - the act of prolonging something
   • repeating, repetition - the act of doing or performing again
   • perseverance, perseveration, persistence - the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
   • abidance - the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
   • prosecution, pursuance - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
   • survival - something that survives
   same as: continuation
2. The period of time during which something continues (synset 115158573)
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   subtypes:

   • clocking - the time taken to traverse a measured course
   • longueur - a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)
   • residence time - the period of time spent in a particular place
   • span - the complete duration of something
   • stint, stretch - an unbroken period of time during which you do something
   • time scale - an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration
   • note value, time value, value - (music) the relative duration of a musical note
   • rule - the duration of a monarch's or government's power
   same as: duration
3. The property of enduring or continuing in time (synset 115158440)
   is a type of: time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
   same as: duration

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