continental

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of or pertaining to or typical of Europe
adjective of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a continent

From continent + -al.

It's the continental business in perfection; down fine. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain
The intervening spaces were magnified to continental dimensions. — The Passionate Friends, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I thought such customs were confined to continental ports. — A pair of blue eyes, Thomas Hardy

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