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noun ˈkɒntɪnəntˈkɑnt(ə)nənt 1Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica). Example sentencesExamples - You're all my very extended family spanning all continents and all time zones around the world.
- So, after Everest, she resolved to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
- This steep sided sea flows like a meeting place between the two continents of Africa and Asia.
- As far as the other continents were concerned British capital was centred on the Empire.
- The history of the Armenian state and people spans over three thousand years and six continents.
- The experience of war fought across two oceans and three continents turned it into a military hegemon of the first order.
- The one mass of land began to break up, and the separating continents took with them living cargoes of animals.
- With present telecommunication links it is indeed possible to work across the continents.
- Thousands died on the seas while they were being shipped like caged cattle between continents.
- This is due to the fact that all the continents had merged into a single landmass.
- A child from an extended family may be living across different continents with different cultures and laws.
- The plan is to sail around several continents before eventually returning to Europe.
- Australia was the last of the inhabited continents to be reached by Europeans.
- Instead, tectonics has encircled the north pole with most of the great continents.
- By the end of my second year there, I'd travelled to most continents, and my air miles account was truly bulging.
- It even creates news products for maritime and land mobile markets across six continents and four ocean regions.
- To be competitive in the 1990s, airlines must offer services across several continents.
- In fact, we know that tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica.
- The flowers also tend to be very small, compared to the size of the flowers found in other landmasses and continents.
- The Middle East and tropical Africa were the last continents that Europeans colonized.
- 1.1 The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles.
clubs sprang up in Britain and on the Continent - 1.2archaic A mainland contrasted with islands.
Example sentencesExamples - The island continent, Atlantis, began to tremble once more with extreme fury.
- They saw only the tiny volcanic islands but no massive continent as he had claimed.
- Their goal was to take over every island and continent and submit them to dictatorship.
- Although it was a disaster it brought out some great characteristics of mateship and sacrifice for this little island continent of ours.
- Soon Sasha found herself riding in Hardy's carrier under the strange stars of the island continent.
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a continuous tract of land): from Latin terra continens 'continuous land'. adjective ˈkɒntɪnəntˈkɑnt(ə)nənt 1Able to control movements of the bowels and bladder. Example sentencesExamples - The patients in the study were losing the ability to dress themselves, bathe, use the toilet, clean themselves, and remain continent.
- We compared the risk of urinary incontinence in the daughters of incontinent women with that in the daughters of continent women.
- This provides a mechanism to influence the two muscle groups to work in concert for continent urine storage and release.
2Exercising self-restraint, especially sexually. Example sentencesExamples - They were sexually continent all their lives.
- They believed that the church should be made up of women and men who were sexually continent and who also abstained from wine and meat.
Synonyms temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt
Origin Late Middle English (in (sense 2)): from Latin continent- 'holding together, restraining oneself', from continere (see contain). nounˈkɑnt(ə)nəntˈkänt(ə)nənt 1Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). Example sentencesExamples - In fact, we know that tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica.
- With present telecommunication links it is indeed possible to work across the continents.
- To be competitive in the 1990s, airlines must offer services across several continents.
- The history of the Armenian state and people spans over three thousand years and six continents.
- You're all my very extended family spanning all continents and all time zones around the world.
- This is due to the fact that all the continents had merged into a single landmass.
- The flowers also tend to be very small, compared to the size of the flowers found in other landmasses and continents.
- This steep sided sea flows like a meeting place between the two continents of Africa and Asia.
- So, after Everest, she resolved to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
- The one mass of land began to break up, and the separating continents took with them living cargoes of animals.
- The experience of war fought across two oceans and three continents turned it into a military hegemon of the first order.
- Thousands died on the seas while they were being shipped like caged cattle between continents.
- The Middle East and tropical Africa were the last continents that Europeans colonized.
- A child from an extended family may be living across different continents with different cultures and laws.
- The plan is to sail around several continents before eventually returning to Europe.
- Australia was the last of the inhabited continents to be reached by Europeans.
- As far as the other continents were concerned British capital was centred on the Empire.
- It even creates news products for maritime and land mobile markets across six continents and four ocean regions.
- Instead, tectonics has encircled the north pole with most of the great continents.
- By the end of my second year there, I'd travelled to most continents, and my air miles account was truly bulging.
- 1.1also the Continent The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles.
- 1.2archaic A mainland contrasted with islands.
the maritime zone is richer in varieties of plant than the continent Example sentencesExamples - They saw only the tiny volcanic islands but no massive continent as he had claimed.
- Although it was a disaster it brought out some great characteristics of mateship and sacrifice for this little island continent of ours.
- Soon Sasha found herself riding in Hardy's carrier under the strange stars of the island continent.
- The island continent, Atlantis, began to tremble once more with extreme fury.
- Their goal was to take over every island and continent and submit them to dictatorship.
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a continuous tract of land): from Latin terra continens ‘continuous land’. adjectiveˈkɑnt(ə)nəntˈkänt(ə)nənt 1Able to control movements of the bowels and bladder. Example sentencesExamples - We compared the risk of urinary incontinence in the daughters of incontinent women with that in the daughters of continent women.
- The patients in the study were losing the ability to dress themselves, bathe, use the toilet, clean themselves, and remain continent.
- This provides a mechanism to influence the two muscle groups to work in concert for continent urine storage and release.
2Exercising self-restraint, especially sexually. Example sentencesExamples - They believed that the church should be made up of women and men who were sexually continent and who also abstained from wine and meat.
- They were sexually continent all their lives.
Synonyms temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt
Origin Late Middle English (in continent (sense 2)): from Latin continent- ‘holding together, restraining oneself’, from continere (see contain). |