1. A logical or anticipated follow-up or extension of something previously stated or begun
The expected continuation of the project was delayed due to budget constraints.
A continuação esperada do projeto foi atrasada devido a limitações orçamentárias.
2. In linguistics and communications, the natural or predictable next part of a statement or narrative
The expected continuation of the sentence would have been a dependent clause.
A continuação esperada da sentença teria sido uma cláusula dependente.
3. In programming or systems, the anticipated next step or process in a sequence
The expected continuation of the algorithm failed to execute properly.
A continuação esperada do algoritmo falhou em executar adequadamente.