Plural of continent

Forms of continent

Continents in a sentence

• The actress was widely trolled online after accidentally revealing that she didn't know the names of the continents.From the entry troll
• Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.From the entry ripple effect
• Continents (e.g., Asia) contain many large bodies of water (e.g., lakes and inland seas) and many large flowing streams of water (i.e., rivers).From the entry e.g.
• “I have traveled across continents to come to the jungle to do psychedelics,” marveled Mr.2020 August 30, Ernesto Londoño, quoting Rudy Gonsior, “‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats”, in The New…. From the entry Hail Mary
• One group, the peripatopsids, are found exclusively on the continents which once formed the southern supercontinent Gondwana.2016 October 12, Susannah Lydon, “How did the velvet worm cross the world? The answer lies in amber”, in The Guardian. From the entry peripatopsid

Meaning of continent

1. noun One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
2. noun Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
3. noun A large contiguous landmass as opposed to its islands, peninsulas, and so forth; mainland. Also specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa: see the Continent.

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Questions about the plural of continent

What is the plural of continent?

The plural of continent is continents.

Is continent countable?

Continent is a countable noun.