continent

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UK /ˈkɒntɪnənt/ US /ˈkɑntɪnənt/

noun 6adj 5name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

Antarctic, Australian, African, etc.

VERB + CONTINENT

cross

Early explorers took many years to cross the African continent on foot.

CONTINENT + VERB

drift

Over millions of years, the continents drifted apart to create the world we see today.

PREP

across a/the ~

My family has relatives scattered across continents, so we try to video call every month.

on the ~

During the medieval period, most people never traveled beyond the region where they lived on the continent.

Definitions

noun

One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.

But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America,

A large contiguous landmass as opposed to its islands, peninsulas, and so forth; mainland. Also specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa: see the Continent.

No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]

A large connected expanse of something in general.

Any continuous tract or area of land; country, connected region.

adj

Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one’s bodily needs or passions, especially sex.

Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.

Their strength was the strength of men geographically beyond temptation: the poverty of Arabia made them simple, continent, enduring.

Having voluntary control over one’s urination or defecation.

Not interrupted; connected; continuous, whether in time or space.

a continent fever

Affrike and Europe bordering on your land, And continent to your Dominions: […]

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and continent Cannon; Which with, o with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: / Clo[wne]. With a Wench.

Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.

Containing or capable of containing.

name

The Old World.

the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa.

Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — abstaining from sexual intercourse

celibate

Antonyms

incontinent

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]

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No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]

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The carkas with the streame was carried downe, / But th’head fell backeward on the continent.

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Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.

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Their strength was the strength of men geographically beyond temptation: the poverty of Arabia made them simple, continent, enduring.

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A celibate himself, he was of the opinion that marriage was something of a concession to human frailty, to save from fornication those who could not be continent, so it was better to marry than to bur

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, continent is marked as obsolete, figuratively, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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