"continent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

continent sustantivo

sustantivo + continent
Kolokacji: 3
continent of Africa • continent of Europe • island continent
continent + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
Continents state • Continents Championship • continent millions
continent + verbo
Kolokacji: 7
continent drifts • continent moves • continent forms • continent exists • continent begins • ...
verbo + continent
Kolokacji: 11
cover the continent • represent the continents • cross the continent • continent called • take on the continent • ...
adjetivo + continent
Kolokacji: 45
American continent • African continent • European continent • entire continent • different continent • whole continent • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) American, western, eastern
Kolokacji: 3
(3) entire, whole
Kolokacji: 2
(4) different, diverse
Kolokacji: 2
(6) new, separate, respective
Kolokacji: 3
(7) Antarctic, frozen, polar
Kolokacji: 3
(9) Dark, poor
Kolokacji: 2
(10) single, only, submerged
Kolokacji: 3
(11) major, old, ancient, mythical
Kolokacji: 4
1. unknown continent = nieznany kontynent unknown continent
2. unexplored continent = niezbadany kontynent unexplored continent
  • He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita.
  • In the world of consumer research, the prospect of an untapped opinion market is as alluring as an undiscovered continent would be to an ambitious cartographer.
  • I felt the thrill of a new Columbus or a Magellan, about to sail for undiscovered continents.
  • Often, this intensely private place is referred to as the "undiscovered continent" and the "landscape of the spirit" and embellished with nature imagery.
  • Accordingly, Java Major, or Jave la Grande, was shown as a promontory of the undiscovered antarctic continent of Terra Australis.
  • The physical dimension of their bodies required exploration as though it were an undiscovered continent, vast and mysterious, stretching out before them as they stood upon the slender ribbon of the beach.
  • Two factors conspired, however, against anyone going to look for this mysterious undiscovered continent.
  • He treated my every word like a report from an undiscovered continent.
  • For many American readers, African literature remains a largely undiscovered continent.
  • He's an undiscovered continent.
preposición + continent
Kolokacji: 11
across the continent • on the continent • over the continent • of the continent • from the continent • ...

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