Continental

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of or relating to a continent or continents.

   “continental drift”

2. sıfat Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.

   “continental Europe”

3. sıfat Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.

   “continental breakfast”

4. sıfat Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

   “continental money”

5. isim Someone from the continent.

   “Reflecting on his long career chronicling scientists, J. G. Crowther wondered why it was that in the grand debates over the nature of light, x-rays, and cathode rays, the British opted for particles and the continentals for waves.”

6. isim A member of the Continental army.
7. isim Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
8. isim The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

   “I don't care a continental!”

9. sıfat Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
10. sıfat Alternative form of continental, continental European.
11. sıfat Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union).
12. sıfat Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
13. isim Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
14. isim A denizen of continental Europe
15. isim A denizen of the European Union
16. isim A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.