continent-wide

1. 1.

   involving the entire continent

   Similarcontinental

Questions about continent-wide

What does continent-wide mean?

continent-wide means "involving the entire continent".

How many syllables are in continent-wide?

continent-wide has 4 syllables: con-ti-nen-t-wide. The stress falls on "ti".

Is continent-wide a common word?

continent-wide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.