continuity
US: /ˌkɑntəˈnuəti/
UK: /kɒntɪnjˈuːɪti/
UK: /kɒntɪnjˈuːɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
continuity /,kɔnti'nju:iti/
- danh từ
- sự liên tục, sự liên tiếp; tính liên tục
- the principle of continuity: nguyên tắc liên tục
- kịch bản điện ảnh
- sự liên tục, sự liên tiếp; tính liên tục
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural continuities)
1 [U] the fact of not stopping or not changing: to ensure / provide / maintain continuity of fuel supplies
Antonym: DISCONTINUITY
2 [U, C] a logical connection between the parts of sth, or between two things: The novel fails to achieve narrative continuity. + There are obvious continuities between diet and health.
Antonym: DISCONTINUITY
3 [U] (technical) the organization of a film/movie or television programme, especially making sure that people's clothes, objects, etc. are the same from one scene to the next
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
greater | remarkable | unbroken
After twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition.
| underlying | historical, narrative
VERB + CONTINUITY
need | ensure, give sb/sth, maintain, provide (sb/sth with), secure
More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity.
| break
The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader's expectations.
PREP.
~ between
There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next.
| ~ in
historical continuity in the feminist movement
PHRASES
a lack of continuity, a need for continuity
the need for continuity of employment
| a sense of continuity
giving children a sense of continuity
Concise English dictionary
continuities‚kɒntɪ'njuːətɪ
noun
+uninterrupted connection or union
+a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
+the property of a continuous and connected period of time
