cont'd

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cont'd
Stands forContinued
CategoriesWriting & Everyday

cont'd stands for Continued, an everyday abbreviation.

Indicates that text continues on another page, column or screen, or that a story resumes after a break. It appears at the bottom or top of pages, in screenplays, forms and newspaper articles.

Example: Story cont'd on page A12, where the full list of winners appears.

Usage notes

Variants include cont., contd and cont'd. Screenplays add "(CONT'D)" after a character's name when the same character keeps speaking after an interruption such as action lines. Newspapers call a story's continuation on another page the "jump."

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