continent (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 4 senses of the word *continent / Continent*:
NOUN	object	continent	one of the large landmasses of the earth
NOUN	location	Continent	the European mainland
ADJECTIVE	all	continent	having control over urination and defecation
ADJECTIVE	all	continent, celibate	abstaining from sexual intercourse

continent / Continent > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'ntahnahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *continent*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Having control over urination and defecation.
Opposite	incontinent	not having control over urination and defecation
Spanish	continente
Nouns	continence	voluntary control over urinary / urinary and fecal discharge
Verbs	contain	contain or hold

English > *continent*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Abstaining from sexual intercourse.
Synonym	celibate
Broader	chaste	morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
Spanish	celibe, célibe
Catalan	celibat
Nouns	continence, continency	the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters

English > *continent*: 4 senses > noun 1, object
Meaning	One of the large landmasses of the earth.
Examples	"there are seven continents" "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
Instances	Africa	The second largest continent
	Antarctica, Antarctic continent	An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle
	Asia	The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population
	Australia	The smallest continent
	Eurasia	The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
	Europe	The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia)
	Gondwanaland	A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica
	Laurasia	A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia
	North America	A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
	Pangaea, Pangea	(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
	South America	A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
Parts	craton	The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent
Parts	subcontinent	A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
Broader	landmass, land mass	A large continuous extent of land
Spanish	continente
Catalan	continent
Adjectives	continental	being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe
Adjectives	continental	of or relating to or characteristic of a continent

English > *Continent*: 4 senses > noun 2, location
Meaning	The European mainland.
Instance of	mainland	The main land mass of a country or continent
Part of	Europe	The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia)
Adjectives	Continental	of or pertaining to or typical of Europe

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