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Meaning of 'continent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Continent [ a.]
- Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
- Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
- Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
- Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
- That which contains anything; a receptacle.
- 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.

Meaning of 'continent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . continent [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the European mainland
Example in sentence:
  • Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there
Meaning (2):
- one of the large landmasses of the earth
Example in sentence:
  • pioneers had to cross the continent on foot;
  • there are seven continents
3 . continent [ s]
Meaning (3):
- abstaining from sexual intercourse
Example in sentence:
  • celibate priests

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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