continental in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
continental in Hindi हिन्दी
continental in Kashmiri कॉशुर
continental in Marathi मराठी
continental in Telugu తెలుగు
continental in English
- Continental⇄adj. 1. belonging to or characteristic of the mainland of Europe; of or like that of the Continent.
Ex. Continental customs differ from those of England.
2. of or having to do with the American colonies at the time of the American Revolution - continental⇄adj. 1a. of or belonging to a continent or mainland.
Ex. continental China. They are all deliverable almost anywhere in the continental United States (New York Times).
b. characteristic of a continent; like that of a continent.
Ex. A b - continental⇄continental, adjective, noun.
- continental⇄expr. give a continental, (Informal.) to care at all.
Ex. He didn't give a continental for anybody (Mark Twain). - continental⇄expr. not worth a continental, (Informal.) worthless.
Ex. That clock you sold me ain't worth a continental (New York Knickerbocker). - Continental⇄noun 1. a person living on the Continent; European.
2. a soldier of the American army during the American Revolution. - continental⇄noun 1. an inhabitant of a continent.
2. a piece of American paper money issued by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, considered almost worthless by the time the war was over.
3. continental stitch.