English Explanatory Dictionary

continental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to a continent or continents.
  2. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
  3. Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
  4. Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
noun
  1. Someone from the continent.
  2. A member of the Continental army.
  3. Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
  4. The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
adj
  1. Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
  2. Alternative form of continental, continental European.
  3. Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union).
  4. Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
noun
  1. Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
  2. A denizen of continental Europe
  3. A denizen of the European Union
  4. A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

Pronunciation

/ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/ /ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-continental.wav

Word forms

continental more continental most continental continentals

Etymology

From continent + -al.

Synonyms

characteristic of the style of continental Europe' mainland European

Antonyms

antonym(s) of

Derived words

amphicontinental bicontinental continental breakfast continental crust Continental Divide continental drift continental drip Continentaler continental Europe continental glacier continentalism continentalist continentality continentalization continentalize continentally continental philosophy continental plate continental quilt continental seating continental shelf continental shift continental slope continental time continental time zone continental United States continental US epicontinental extracontinental hypercontinental intercontinental intracontinental microcontinental midcontinental multicontinental noncontinental palaeocontinental paleocontinental pancontinental pluricontinental semicontinental subcontinental supercontinental transcontinental trans-continental tricontinental uncontinental
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