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Continent meaning

  1. One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
  2. Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
  3. A large contiguous landmass as opposed to its islands, peninsulas, and so forth; mainland. Also specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa: see the Continent.

Synonyms of Continent

Using Continent

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them. | Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica. | A large contiguous landmass as opposed to its islands, peninsulas, and so forth; mainland. Also specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa: see the Continent.
  • Useful related words include: incontinent, celibate, chaste, landmass.
  • In the example corpus, continent often appears in combinations such as: the continent, african continent, continent of.

Context around Continent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 16 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Continent

  • In this selection, "continent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, christian, sub, mid, continues, deal and protocols stand out and add context to how "continent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the continent continues to, on the continent and african continent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "continent" sits close to words such as chaos, wwe and bonds, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with continent

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

This, he emphasised, is crucial as the continent continues to lose bulk of its youthful population important for the continent's development. (22 words)

Build your armies, move them from country to country, continent to continent, and battle opponents to win over territories, one-by-one. (22 words)

Nigeria also controls a lot of the economic force on the continent, with 1/6 of the continent’s total wealth belonging to Nigeria. (24 words)

This goal, he said, "is apparently difficult to achieve, but the legacy left by the great leaders of our continent is a source of inspiration to us as we strive to put an end to the sadly persistent conflicts on the continent". (42 words)

Only about 3% of the continent’s population are over the age of 65, yet the average age of African leaders is 77. This puts the average age gap between citizens and their leaders on the continent at about 48 years. (41 words)

After initially agreeing to negotiate a continent-to-continent deal brokered by the African Union, some African states had a last-minute change of heart, opting to continue the EU-ACP process instead, but with continent-to-continent protocols. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

After initially agreeing to negotiate a continent-to-continent deal brokered by the African Union, some African states had a last-minute change of heart, opting to continue the EU-ACP process instead, but with continent-to-continent protocols.

New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul—the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today—took 10,000 years.

Nigeria also controls a lot of the economic force on the continent, with 1/6 of the continent’s total wealth belonging to Nigeria.

Pastor Otabil juxtaposed the scenario with the situation of Africa and said the continent of Africa would arise again, in spite of what might seem to be impossible circumstances around the continent.

There was no East African Revival, led primarily by African people, that helped turn Africa from a 9 percent Christian continent in 1900 into a 50 percent Christian continent today—until there was.

The Summit placed emphasis on infrastructure as a cornerstone of the continent’s development and called on participants to commit to concrete actions that will move the continent forward.

They have effectively drawn an iron curtain and uninterrupted chain of unelected and unconscionable military junta right across the center of our continent dividing North Africa from the rest of the continent.

In fact, as the continent continues to experience rapid jumps in connectivity, the continent could leapfrog the rest of the world and set the tone for the future of advertising.

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Only about 3% of the continent’s population are over the age of 65, yet the average age of African leaders is 77. This puts the average age gap between citizens and their leaders on the continent at about 48 years.

This, he emphasised, is crucial as the continent continues to lose bulk of its youthful population important for the continent's development.

We seek to build bridges between Africa and the world by reinforcing the Continent’s positive narratives and highlighting the diverse scope of contemporary Africa from across the Continent.

According to some reports, 4.4 billion people live, play and conduct businesses on the eighth continent—that’s 58% of the world’s population spending 6 hours and 42 minutes each day on this continent.

Build your armies, move them from country to country, continent to continent, and battle opponents to win over territories, one-by-one.

This goal, he said, "is apparently difficult to achieve, but the legacy left by the great leaders of our continent is a source of inspiration to us as we strive to put an end to the sadly persistent conflicts on the continent".

Africans, he said, need the freedom to travel in their own continent, adding the free movement of people will make the continent a much better place, especially as Africans exchange ideas and other services.

Fact of the matter is, increasing the number and improving the skills of the laboratory workforce on the continent is critical, especially as the need for technology driven health services continues to increase on the continent.

He says he hopes that Trump’s comment will help Africans build more beauty about the continent so that no one will find any reason to refer to the continent as a shithole.

President Akufo-Addo said it was time to scale up the momentum of the continent's integration agenda to give boost to Africa's common market process that presented immense opportunities to bring prosperity to the continent.

In evaluating the impact of Islam on the sub-continent, one must note that the northwestern sub-continent was a frequent target of tribes raiding from Central Asia.

Lima-Indiana District seeAlso Mid-Continent The Mid-continent area is an area generally including Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Louisiana and the part of Texas away from the Gulf Coast.

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Common combinations with continent

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "continent" in a sentence?
An example: "After initially agreeing to negotiate a continent-to-continent deal brokered by the African Union, some African states had a last-minute change of heart, opting to continue the EU-ACP process instead, but with continent-to-continent protocols." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "continent" from authentic English texts.
What does "continent" mean?
Continent means: One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
What are synonyms of "continent"?
Common synonyms of "continent" include: incontinent, celibate, chaste, landmass, europe.
How many example sentences with "continent" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "continent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.