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continent

/ˈkɑntɪnənt/noun, adjective3 syllables

Continent means: abstaining from sexual intercourse.

Synonyms for continent3

noun, as in the European mainland

Continental Europe

adjective, as in abstaining from sexual intercourse

celibate, chaste

Opposites of continent

incontinent

What does continent mean?4

adjective

1

abstaining from sexual intercourse“celibate priests”

2

having control over urination and defecation

noun

1

the European mainland“Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there”

2

one of the large landmasses of the earth“there are seven continents”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Continent in a sentence

  • Europe is an old continent with a long, rich history.Eldad
  • Several hundred years ago, scarlet fever epidemics killed thousands of people throughout the continent.Vanilla
  • Australia is an island, a continent, and a country.Amastan
  • Africa, as a continent, is a surprisingly peaceful region.Amastan
  • A continent is just a really big island.shekitten
  • Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.The_World_Factbook
  • The railway line crosses the entire continent from east to west.sundown
  • This vast continent is abundant in fossil fuels.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of continent

as a noun

plural
continents