how to pronounce continents

/ˈkɑːntənənts/

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continents is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of continents in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the Asian and African continents they …”

meanings of continents

noun:

Plural of continent.
Plural of Continent.

continents frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word continents occurs in english on average 3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics continents can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that continents can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;