continent

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Editorial note

It's hard to take articles seriously that speak so broadly and vaguely about such a diverse continent.

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Quick take

one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of continent gathered in one view.

noun

one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

noun

the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

adjective

having control over urination and defecation

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for continent.

noun

one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

noun

the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

adjective

having control over urination and defecation

adjective

abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

Example sentences

It's hard to take articles seriously that speak so broadly and vaguely about such a diverse continent.

It is an entire 'continent' spanning multiple provinces with very different laws and dynamics.

Minor point, but if you are using factual questions to filter out stupid people, asking for the "right" number of continents is probably not ideal.

Literal as in, that's the energy cost to desalinate ocean water in the Gulf of Mexico and ship it to the center of the continent by freight rail.

Without it, I'd be alienated from my friends and family across the continent and in a few years we would have easily grown completely apart.

Pushing boundaries like travelling across the sea to an almost entirely unknown continent with little to no chance of return regardless of what you find there?

Extended vacation time was one of the many hard-fought rights won by the socialist/trade-unionist movements of the past century throughout the continent.

Of course this would require very peaceful nations on each continent, so even if we had the cost-effective technology now, it would take hundreds if not thousands of years to happen politically.

"Have our region- and even continent-wide grounded electrical networks changed the expression of lightning storms, such that non-electrified areas are noticeably different?

"The player characters in their post-apocalyptic world come across a abandoned series of tunnels they can't explain, but which are described for the game master in the notes:The system once spanned the North American continent and was used primarily as a method of high-speed transportation of freight.