Meaning

5 senses
  1. Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one’s bodily needs or passions, especially sex.

  2. Having voluntary control over one’s urination or defecation.

    having control over urination and defecation

  3. (obsolete)Not interrupted; connected; continuous, whether in time or space.

    a continent fever

  4. (obsolete)Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

  5. (obsolete)Containing or capable of containing.

Examples

157 sentences
  1. The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

    deDer Kontinent ist reich an fossilen Brennstoffen. — Tamy

  2. They crossed the vast continent on foot.

  3. Australia is both a country and a continent.

    ruАвстралия - это и страна, и континент. — marafon

  4. Europe is a continent.

    ruЕвропа - это континент. — odexed

    deEuropa ist ein Kontinent. — Esperantostern

  5. Africa is a continent.

    ruАфрика — это континент. — odexed

    deAfrika ist ein Kontinent. — mayabe

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English contynent, from Old French continent, from Latin continentem (“continu

From Middle English contynent, from Old French continent, from Latin continentem (“continuous; holding together”), present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

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Forms

more continent, most continent
Comparativemore continent Lesson
Superlativemost continent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse:celibate

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
continent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto