Examples of 'continent' in a sentence
Meaning of "continent"
continent (noun) - one of the large landmasses on Earth, such as Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica
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- Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
- A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
- Land (as opposed to the water).
- Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.
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Youth unemployment on the continent remains worrisome.
This continent is at the heart of our strategy.
The situation of that continent is truly tragic.
No continent is safe from the threat of terror.
Africa remained the continent of greatest need.
My continent has not been spared the scourge.
Africa is a promising continent with huge potential.
The continent is also working on energy projects.
Africa is a highly unequal continent on many indicators.
Our continent is now ageing very quickly.
There was not a direct line to the continent.
It is the only continent without permanent membership.
We are committed to accelerating the regionalization of our continent.
But it is also a continent of opportunity and promise.
Participating institutions are located on every inhabited continent.
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Development of the continent requires shared responsibilities.
The same trend was apparent in every continent.
Africa is a continent full of dynamism and potential.
Persons per room and continent of birth.
Africa is a continent ravaged by conflicts and instability.
It is obviously unacceptable for an entire continent to be marginalized.
Africa is a continent of a thousand and one facets.
Other minerals are produced throughout the continent.
Most of the continent lies in the tropics.
World fishers and fish farmers by continent.
To explore a continent we had only known in books.
Shortly and why not on another continent.
We are a small continent and our work is not done.
You are too fixated on your own continent.
Lumping the continent as one messy area.
Such capacity is generally lacking on the continent.
Africa is a continent with a wealth of talented people.
The statistics for the continent are dismal.
It is causing unprecedented destruction throughout the continent.
He would not discovered a continent or won a war.
We are going to install the generators in the southern continent.
Africa is now viewed as a continent on the rise.
Rainfall variability is characteristic of much of the continent.
And the cables go really continent to continent.
Human trafficking is becoming a scourge on the continent.
Now let us look at the continent as a whole.
It is an historic opportunity to unite the whole continent.
Your commitment to peace on this continent is to be commended.
He said he was nervous about us being on the same continent.
Conflicts on our own continent are naturally of particular concern to us.
Together we shall rule this entire continent.
In a matter of weeks the continent effectively doubles in size.
I like the looks of the northern continent.
A breakdown by continent of origin is also instructive.
My shirshu can smell a rat a continent away.
