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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr. of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent. See Contain.]
Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.]
--Shak.-
Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.
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Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
My past life
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
As I am now unhappy.
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Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.]
The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast.
--Berrewood.
Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ? self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]
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That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
The smaller continent which we call a pipkin.
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One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent.
The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "self-restraining," from Old French continent and directly from Latin continentem (nominative continens) "holding together, continuous," present participle of continere "hold together" (see contain). Meaning moved from "exercising self-restraint" to "chaste" 14c., and to bowel and bladder control 19c.
"large land mass," 1550s, from continent land (mid-15c.), translating Latin terra continens "continuous land," from continens, present participle of continere (see continent (adj.)).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) land (as opposed to the water). 2 (context obsolete in general sense English) A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See Continent. 3 Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelf etc. Etymology 2
a. 1 Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex. 2 Not interrupted; connected; continuous. 3 (context obsolete English) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
WordNet
adj. having control over urination and defecation [ant: incontinent]
abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn: celibate]
n. one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
Wikipedia
Continent is the fourth studio album of the American band The Acacia Strain. This is the first album with bassist Jack Strong and second with drummer Kevin Boutot. Recording began on April 13, 2008 and it was released August 19, 2008 via Prosthetic Records. Frontman Vincent Bennett also spoke to MTV News about the band's forthcoming LP, saying it was the band's "darkest" effort to date.
The album debuted at No. 107 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart with first week sales of almost 5,600.
A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. In geology, areas of continental crust include regions covered with water.
Continent was an airline based in Moscow, Russia. Its main base was Vnukovo International Airport.
continent. is an online open access scholarly journal founded in 2010 that publishes a range of subjects including philosophy, literature, and arts. The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and has received a seal of approval from SPARC Europe. The Editors are supported by Contributing Editors Ben Segal, Feliz Lucia Molina, Sherrin Frances, Fintan Neylan, Frederick Arias, Rosemary Lee, Isaac Linder, John Gallic, Matt Bernico and Sophie Wagner.
continent. is published under a Creative Commons license using a modified version of Open Journal Systems being developed between Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig, and its advisory board comprises:
- Simon Critchley, The New School for Social Research, New York
- Christopher Fynsk, The Centre for Modern Thought
- Erin Manning, Concordia University
- Ben Marcus, Columbia University
- Todd May, Clemson University
- J. Hillis Miller, University of California Irvine
- Lucia Santaella, São Paulo Catholic University
- Clay Shirky, New York University
Continent is a retired British champion Thoroughbred racehorse. A gelding who specialised in sprint distances, he improved from handicap class to become European Champion Sprinter in 2002. In his championship season he ran thirteen times and won two Group One races; the July Cup at Newmarket and the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp, becoming the first gelding to win the latter race. In all, he ran seventy times in a career which lasted from 1999 until his retirement at the age of eleven in 2008.
A continent is a large landmass.
Continent may also refer to:
- Continent is in geology a synonym for Continental crust
- Continent (airline), Russian airline
- Continent (album), 2008 album by The Acacia Strain
- Continents, 2013 album by The Eclectic Moniker
- Continent (horse), British racehorse
- Continent (magazine), open-access magazine founded in 2010
- The Continent (film), a 2014 Chinese film
- Continental Europe — "the Continent" is often used by those on the periphery of Europe
- Ability to control excretion: see
- Fecal incontinence
- Urinary incontinence
- Being in a state of sexual abstinence
Usage examples of "continent".
A smattering of theosophical lore, and a fondness for the speculations of such writers as Colonel Churchward and Lewis Spence concerning lost continents and primal forgotten civilisations, made Reynolds especially alert toward any aeonian relic like the unknown mummy.
All three were curved scimitars made by the annourers of Shah Jahan at Agra on the Indian continent.
Quichuas and Aimaras could have passed across the wide Atlantic to Europe if there had been no stepping-stone in the shape of Atlantis with its bridge-like ridges connecting the two continents.
Still, the currents meander around the shores of the continents, and by the time the Alamo reaches this point, it will still have 9,300 nautical miles to go.
To solve these knotty points I shall choose for analysis the culture myths of the Algonkins, the Iroquois, the Toltecs of Mexico, and the Aymaras or Peruvians, guided in my choice by the fact that these four families are the best known, and, in many points of view, the most important on the continent.
Blue Ridge Mountains stood like cobalt sentinels, reminding those who knew their geology of the time before human time when Africa and part of South America slammed into this continent during the Alleghenian Orogeny, pushing up what then were the tallest mountains in the world.
After leaving Quan-zho, I remember, we stopped for water at a great island off Manzi, called Hainan, and at a harbor village on the coast of Annam in Champa, called Gai-dinh-thanh, and at an island as big as a continent, called Kalimantan.
This last was an antient name, by which, according to Stephanus, the islands Rhodes, Cythnus, Besbicus, Tenos, and the whole continent of Africa, were distinguished.
From an archeological perspective a dramatic change in technology and economy is documented by the tangible evidence in the form of artifacts and cultural features preserved within the earth across the American continents.
It would be the French campaign of 1940 all over again: then German tanks had plunged through the Ardennes and all the way to the English Channel, splintering the British-French coalition, demoralizing the French Army and driving the British off the Continent.
Out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the MacDuffs turned south along the Rio Grande toward the spot where the seeds of the ancient Caledonian and Athapascan warriors were destined to meet again for the first time, perhaps, since they had set out upon opposite trails from the birthplace of humanity in the days when ferns were trees, and unsailed seas lashed the shores of continents that are no more.
He directed us to fly to a city called Pud, on the continent of Auris, and report to a man with the poetic name of Frink.
These portolanos or sailing charts are of great interest to the Australasian student, not only because they depict for the first time the Molucca Islands, but also because Java, Bali, Lomboc and Sumbawa are set down on them as distinct and separate islands, whereas on a class of maps a little later in date, on which the Australian Continent is represented, some of those islands are indicated as forming part of the northern shores of Australia.
Great South Land, which was only the translation of the previous name, Terra Australis and Terra del Zur, began calling it Nova Hollandia and Nieuw Holland, a name transferred by them to the southern continent from the icy regions they had explored in the Arctic Seas when attempting to reach India and the Spice Islands by a north-east passage.
I sent to Edinburgh, a few days after I had the happiness of meeting you in Ayrshire, but you were gone for the Continent.