continent

/ˈkɑn.tə.nənt/

nouncon · ti · nent

Think: "CON" + "TIN" + "ENT"—a continent is a big landmass you can "CONTAIN" lots of countries in.

Yes, it's continent. Don’t swap the middle letters: it’s **con-ti-nent** (…**ti**…, not …**te**…).

Definition

  1. nounone of the large landmasses of Earth (such as Africa, Asia, or North America)

Examples

  • Asia is the largest continent by land area.
  • We studied each continent on the map and labeled the oceans around it.
  • Antarctica is the coldest continent, and it has no permanent residents.

Synonyms

mainlandlandmassmajor landmasscontinental land

Antonyms

island

Translations

ES continentePT continenteFR continent

Common misspellings

continantcontanentcontnentcontientcontinenetcontanintcontinennt

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