Значення

значень: 10
  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.

    Kontinent, Erdteil

    контине́нтkontinént, матери́кmaterík

    контине́нтkontynént, матери́кmaterýk, суходілsuxodil

  3. (переносно)A large connected expanse of something in general.

    one of the large landmasses of the earth

  4. (ширше, застаріле)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.

  5. (застаріле)Any continuous tract or area of land; country, connected region.

  6. (застаріле)Land (as opposed to the water), dry land.

  7. (застаріле)The body or mass of a celestial body such as the sun or moon.

  8. (застаріле)Container, vessel, something that holds or contains something else.

  9. (застаріле)Space, capacity.

  10. (застаріле)The principal or essential points of something viewed collectively: sum, summary, substance.

Приклади

речень: 157
  1. The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

    deDer Kontinent ist reich an fossilen Brennstoffen.

  2. They crossed the vast continent on foot.

  3. Australia is both a country and a continent.

    ruАвстралия - это и страна, и континент.

  4. Europe is a continent.

    ruЕвропа - это континент.

    deEuropa ist ein Kontinent.

  5. Africa is a continent.

    ruАфрика — это континент.

    deAfrika ist ein Kontinent.

Українська
За значеннями 1
each of main land-masses on earth's surface:
Русский
За значеннями 1
each of main land-masses on earth's surface:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
each of main land-masses on earth's surface:

Походження

Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

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