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."