continent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one of the large landmasses of the earth
  2. noun the European mainland
  3. adjective having control over urination and defecation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of continēre (“to contain”).

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