continuity

noun

OPAL W

/ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti/

/ˌkɑːntɪˈnuːəti/

(plural continuities)

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[uncountable] the fact of not stopping or not changing
- to ensure/provide/maintain continuity of fuel supplies
opposite discontinuity
Extra Examples
- After twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition.
- More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity.
- To ensure continuity of care, it is better for a single doctor to treat the patient.
- We aim to give children a sense of continuity.
- historical continuity in the feminist movement
- the need for continuity of employment
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- greater
- remarkable
- unbroken
- …
verb + continuity
- ensure
- establish
- give somebody/something
- …
preposition
- continuity between
- continuity in
- continuity of
- …
phrases
- a lack of continuity
- a need for continuity
- a sense of continuity
- …
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[uncountable, countable] a logical connection between the parts of something, or between two things
- The novel fails to achieve narrative continuity.
- There are obvious continuities between diet and health.
opposite discontinuity
Extra Examples
- The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader's expectations.
- She is anxious to stress the continuity with the past in this new work.
- There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- greater
- remarkable
- unbroken
- …
verb + continuity
- ensure
- establish
- give somebody/something
- …
preposition
- continuity between
- continuity in
- continuity of
- …
phrases
- a lack of continuity
- a need for continuity
- a sense of continuity
- …
See full entry
[uncountable] (specialist) the organization of a film or television programme, especially making sure that people’s clothes, objects, etc. are the same from one scene to the nextTopics Film and theatrec2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French continuite, from Latin continuitas, from continuare ‘continue’, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).

单词	continuity
释义	continuity noun OPAL W /ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːəti/ /ˌkɑːntɪˈnuːəti/ (plural continuities) jump to other results [uncountable] the fact of not stopping or not changing to ensure/provide/maintain continuity of fuel supplies opposite discontinuity Extra Examples After twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition. More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity. To ensure continuity of care, it is better for a single doctor to treat the patient. We aim to give children a sense of continuity. historical continuity in the feminist movement the need for continuity of employment Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective greater remarkable unbroken … verb + continuity ensure establish give somebody/something … preposition continuity between continuity in continuity of … phrases a lack of continuity a need for continuity a sense of continuity … See full entry [uncountable, countable] a logical connection between the parts of something, or between two things The novel fails to achieve narrative continuity. There are obvious continuities between diet and health. opposite discontinuity Extra Examples The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader's expectations. She is anxious to stress the continuity with the past in this new work. There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective greater remarkable unbroken … verb + continuity ensure establish give somebody/something … preposition continuity between continuity in continuity of … phrases a lack of continuity a need for continuity a sense of continuity … See full entry [uncountable] (specialist) the organization of a film or television programme, especially making sure that people’s clothes, objects, etc. are the same from one scene to the nextTopics Film and theatrec2 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French continuite, from Latin continuitas, from continuare ‘continue’, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).
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