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- pronunciation:
- kan
tih
n
 nt
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one of the earth's major land masses, such as North America, Australia, or Antarctica.
Asia is the largest continent on earth.The continent of Australia has a mostly dry climate.
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(cap.) the mainland of Europe (usu. prec. by "the").
First we'll stay in England for a week; then we'll travel around the Continent. |
adjective + (n.)continent
dark, distant, dying, eastern, entire, frozen, indigenous, lost, native, northern, polar, populous, remote, southern, sunken, uninhabited, vast, whole
verb + (n.)continent
colonize, crisscross, cross, divide, dominate, invade, isolate, originate, penetrate, plague, populate, ravage, roam, scatter, span, spread, sweep, tour, travel, unite
(n.)continent
+ verb
drift, inhabit, migrate
noun + (n.)continent
conquest, edge, elephant, engagement, geography, integration, interior, island, journey, liberation, mammal, migration, mile, outline, portion, rim, stability, terrain, wilderness
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
being self-restrained, esp. in sexual activity.
To be continent was demanded by society, and any loss of self-restraint was punished severely.- antonyms:
- incontinent, licentious, wanton
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| related words: |
abstemious, celibate, chaste |
| derivation: |
continently (adv.) |
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broader category including continent |
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Earth, land |
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names of the seven continents |
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Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America |
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some parts of continents |
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continental shelf, divide, mainland |
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study of continents |
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geology, plate tectonics |
The word continent
contains the following parts:
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
  Example words:
abstain, abstinence, appertain, attain, contain, container, content, contention, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinacious, pertinacity, pertinent, retain, retentive, retinue, sustain, tenable, tenacious, tenacity, tenant, tenement, tenet, tennis, tenor, tenure
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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