Word Image
plural: continents
Part Of Speech
noun, adjective
Word Meaning
noun: one of the great divisions of land (as North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, or Antarctica) on the globe
adjective: exercising continence (the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
Word Family
continental
subcontinent
continence
continently
incontinent
incontinence
Sentences
Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent.
The Seychelles are fragments of an ancient continent dropped in the middle of the sea.
There was a time when overnight trains crisscrossed the European continent.
Most children are continent by the age of three.
The book provides information on hotels in Britain and on the Continent.
African people across the African continent love football.
The Earth is divided into seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, and Australia.
They will be touring Continental Europe.
Over the past month, heat waves have baked the Indian subcontinent.
This area used to be part of the southern edge of the Pangaea supercontinent.
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