Arrangement in order or sequence; continuity.

quasi-concrete. A continuous or connected whole; a continuous or unbroken course or series. (Of material or immaterial things.)

With of indicating composition or equivalent modifier, more generally: a series, succession, sequence… With various nouns.

A continued or unfolding course of events; an onward progression of time, actions, etc. Obsolete.

That which connects the successive points in anything, esp. a narrative, train of thought, or the like; the sequence of events or ideas continuing…

A continuous thing, quantity, or substance; a continuous series of elements passing into each other. space-time continuum, see space-time, adj. n.

Any figurative ‘thread’. the thread of a discourse, of thought, of history, tendency, etc.

A continuous series or succession of events, items, strokes, etc. Frequently with of.