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Continent

A continent is one of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents.

Region

In geography, regions are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law.

Continent

One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Region

A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space
The upper regions of the atmosphere.

Continent

Continent The mainland of Europe. Used with the.
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Region

A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic
The coastal region.
The region of storm damage.

Continent

Exercising continence.

Region

A bioregion.

Continent

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.

Region

A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands
The Osaka region.
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Continent

A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.

Region

An area of the body having natural or arbitrarily assigned boundaries
The abdominal region.

Continent

(obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water).

Region

An area of interest or activity; a sphere
The region of gender studies.

Continent

Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.

Region

An approximate degree or amount
Costs in the region of one billion dollars.

Continent

Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
A continent fever

Region

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
The equatorial regions
The temperate regions
The polar regions
The upper regions of the atmosphere

Continent

(obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Region

An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

Continent

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Region

(historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.

Continent

Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.

Region

An administrative subdivision of the European Union.

Continent

Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
My past life
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
As I am now unhappy.

Region

A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.

Continent

Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast.

Region

(Ontario) regional municipality

Continent

That which contains anything; a receptacle.
The smaller continent which we call a pipkin.

Region

Ellipsis of administrative region

Continent

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Region

(figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

Continent

One of the large landmasses of the earth;
There are seven continents
Pioneers had to cross the continent on foot

Region

(anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
The abdominal regions

Continent

The European mainland;
Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there

Region

(obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.

Continent

Having control over urination and defecation

Region

(obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Continent

Abstaining from sexual intercourse;
Celibate priests

Region

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,Or unknown region.

Region

Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.
Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis.

Region

The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
Anon the dreadful thunderDoth rend the region.

Region

The inhabitants of a district.

Region

Place; rank; station.
He is of too high a region.

Region

The extended spatial location of something;
The farming regions of France
Religions in all parts of the world
Regions of outer space

Region

A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve;
In the abdominal region

Region

A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
Penguins inhabit the polar regions

Region

The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of');
It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
The price is in the neighborhood of $100

Region

A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about;
It was a limited domain of discourse
Here we enter the region of opinion
The realm of the occult

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