continent

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. (figuratively)A large connected expanse of something in general.

   one of the large landmasses of the earth

4. (broadly, obsolete)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. (obsolete)Any continuous tract or area of land; country, connected region.

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

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

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

9. (obsolete)Space, capacity.

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

1. The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

   deDer Kontinent ist reich an fossilen Brennstoffen. — Tamy

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

2. They crossed the vast continent on foot.

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

3. Australia is both a country and a continent.

   ruАвстралия - это и страна, и континент. — marafon

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

4. Europe is a continent.

   ruЕвропа - это континент. — odexed

   deEuropa ist ein Kontinent. — Esperantostern

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

5. Africa is a continent.

   ruАфрика — это континент. — odexed

   deAfrika ist ein Kontinent. — mayabe

   CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

regular