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intercontinental

[ in-ter-kon-tn-en-tl ]

adjective

  1. between or among continents; involving two or more continents:

    intercontinental trade.

  2. traveling or capable of traveling between continents:

    intercontinental airplanes.



intercontinental

/ ˌɪntəˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl /

adjective

  1. relating to travel, commerce, relations, etc, between continents
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of intercontinental1

First recorded in 1850–55; inter- + continental
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Example Sentences

No doubt the discussions will intensify in the coming days, especially since Trump’s victory comes in the wake of North Korea’s test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile.

From Slate

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, standing alongside senior South Korean officials at the State Department — and speaking hours after North Korea conducted its longest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile test — made a similar prediction Thursday, saying Russia could use North Korean forces in frontline operations in coming days.

And that was before Pyongyang fired a banned intercontinental missile on Thursday, on the longest flight recorded yet – after turning up the rhetoric against Seoul for weeks.

From BBC

The lawsuit said it occurred at the InterContinental hotel in Century City.

Combs’ lawyers allege that the government, through investigators with the Department of Homeland Security, “engaged in a seven-month campaign ... strategically leaking confidential grand jury material and information, including the 2016 Intercontinental videotape, in order to prejudice the public and potential jurors against Mr. Combs.”

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