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continent
[ kon-tn-uhnt ]
noun
- one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
- a comparable landmass on another planet.
- the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas.
- the Continent, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles.
- a continuous tract or extent, as of land.
- Archaic. something that serves as a container or boundary.
adjective
- exercising or characterized by restraint in relation to the desires or passions and especially to sexual desires; temperate.
- able to control urinary and fecal discharge.
- Obsolete. containing; being a container; capacious.
- Obsolete. restraining or restrictive.
- Obsolete. continuous; forming an uninterrupted tract, as land.
continent
1/ ˈkɒntɪnənt /
adjective
- able to control urination and defecation
- exercising self-restraint, esp from sexual activity; chaste
Continent
2/ ˈkɒntɪnənt /
noun
- the Continentthe mainland of Europe as distinguished from the British Isles
continent
3/ ˈkɒntɪnənt; ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl /
noun
- one of the earth's large land masses (Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Antarctica)
- that part of the earth's crust that rises above the oceans and is composed of sialic rocks. Including the continental shelves, the continents occupy 30 per cent of the earth's surface
- obsolete.
- mainland as opposed to islands
- a continuous extent of land
continent
/ kŏn′tə-nənt /
- One of the seven great landmasses of the Earth. The continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
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Derived Forms
- ˈcontinently, adverb
- ˈcontinence, noun
- continental, adjective
- ˌcontiˈnentally, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·conti·nent adjective
- un·conti·nent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of continent1
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Example Sentences
Opponents of Muslims and immigrants across the continent are claiming vindication in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.
It can be hard to wrap your head around the problems facing the continent because they might seem ancient to us.
But this is often seen as little more than a way of trying to defame Edward III on the continent.
Gurira says she approaches her work with a dual-continent mindset.
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
There are some other trees planted, and many small, thrifty forests, such as I had hardly seen before on the Continent.
These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
Thence they have spread all over the continent of South America, and have proved of more real value to it than its mines.
It is extensively used in the manufacture of cigars, and on the continent it frequently realizes as much as 5s.
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