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1. (n.) continent
one of the main landmasses of the globe, usu. reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
2. continent
the mainland, as distinguished from islands or peninsulas.
3. continent
the Continent, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles.
4. continent
a continuous tract, as of land.
5. continent
Archaic. something that serves as a container or boundary.
6. (adj.) continent
characterized by or exercising self-restraint, esp. in sexual activity.
7. continent
able to control urinary and fecal discharge.
8. continent
Obs. containing; being a container.
9. continent
Obs. restraining or restrictive.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L continent-, s. of continēns, prp. of continēre to contain)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) continent
one of the large landmasses of the earth
"there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
2. (adj) Continent
the European mainland
"Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
3. (adj) continent
having control over urination and defecation
4. (adj) celibate, continent
abstaining from sexual intercourse
"celibate priests"
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1. (noun) continent
one of the large land masses of the world
the continent of Africa; continental shifts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Continent
serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing
2. (adj) Continent
exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate
3. (adj) Continent
abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste
4. (adj) Continent
not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever
5. (adj) Continent
that which contains anything; a receptacle
6. (adj) Continent
one of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America
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Sense: one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world– Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.
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 Afrikaans: vasteland, kontinent |
 Arabic: قارَّه |
 Bulgarian: континент |
 Brazilian: continente |
 Czech: světadíl |
 German: der Kontinent |
 Danish: kontinent; verdensdel |
 Greek: ήπειρος |
 Spanish: continente |
 Estonian: maailmajagu |
 Farsi: قاره |
 Finnish: maanosa |
 French: continent |
 Hebrew: יַבֶּשֶת |
 Hindi: महाद्वीप |
 Croatian: kontinent |
 Hungarian: világrész |
 Indonesian: benua |
 Icelandic: heimsálfa |
 Italian: continente |
 Japanese: 大陸 |
 Korean: 대륙 |
 Lithuanian: kontinentas,žemynas |
 Latvian: kontinents |
 Malay: benua |
 Dutch: werelddeel |
 Norwegian: kontinent, verdensdel |
 Polish: kontynent |
 Persian: قاره |
 Pashto: لويه وچه (براعظم |
 Portuguese: continente |
 Romanian: continent |
 Russian: континент |
 Slovak: svetadiel |
 Slovenian: celina |
 Serbian: kontinent |
 Swedish: kontinent, världsdel |
 Thai: ทวีป |
 Turkish: kıta, anakara |
 Taiwanese: 大陸 |
 Ukrainian: континент, материк |
 Urdu: بر اعظم |
 Vietnamese: lục địa |
 Chinese: 洲，大陆 |
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