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INTERCONTINENTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intercontinental mean?
• INTERCONTINENTAL (adjective)
The adjective INTERCONTINENTAL has 1 sense:
1. extending or taking place between or among continents
Familiarity information: INTERCONTINENTAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERCONTINENTAL (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extending or taking place between or among continents
Context example:
intercontinental flights
Similar:
world-wide; worldwide (spanning or extending throughout the entire world)
Antonym:
continental (being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe)
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