continental

IPA: kɑntʌnˈɛntʌɫ

noun

  • Someone from the continent.
  • (US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
  • (US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
  • (obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
  • Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
  • (UK) A denizen of continental Europe
  • (UK) A denizen of the European Union
  • (historical, US, UK) A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

adjective

  • Of or relating to a continent or continents.
  • Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
  • (chiefly UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
  • (US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
  • Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
  • (historical, US, UK) Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
  • (UK) Alternative form of continental, continental European. [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]
  • (UK) Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union). [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]
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Examples of "continental" in Sentences

  • It is one of the continental cultures.
  • The continental railway was finally constructed.
  • Continentality is the reverse of water moderation.
  • The smallest nation on the continental mainland is The Gambia.
  • The climate of the province is tempered Mediterranean continental.
  • The districts also cover the entire area of the continental republic.
  • He is the leader of the continental congress and the continental army.
  • It is a reconstruction of the final encampment of the Continental Army.
  • To the north in the rugged continental area between the maria is Isidorus.
  • It is found in the savanna vegetation of the tropical continental climate.
  • The term continental US also means the 48 contiguous states, although Alaska is geographically part of the continental US.
  • But also as president, he took the major steps that were necessary to create what he called a continental empire for liberty.
  • I use "brunch" advisedly because it was really just doughnuts, bagels, and muffins -- what they call a continental breakfast in this country.
  • The difference between the ice streams of the mountains and those which we term continental depends solely on the areas of the fields and the depth of the accumulation.
  • It was this temporary feature which inspired Wegener to study what he defined as continental drift, although he did not live to see his hypothesis become generally accepted.
  • Like the Columbia University group, the CFR task force insists that the largely negative images of Africa propagated in the US media obstruct what it describes as a continental "renaissance" which makes "the present era ... the most promising period since the onset of African independence 40 years ago."

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