transcontinental
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- adjective
- /ˌtrænzkɒnˈtɪnəntəl/
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transcontinental
- Are you taking the transcontinental train?
- transcontinental railroad
- transcontinental highway
- transcontinental trip
This time it's a transcontinental flight and the first class is supposed to be different.
- This time it's a transcontinental flight and the first class is supposed to be different.
Examples
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For example, students read different accounts of the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century.
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There were many issues for Charles Lindbergh to consider as he planned for his nonstop transcontinental flight.
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You were way down, as if you were on a transcontinental flight in first class.
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This time it's a transcontinental flight and the first class is supposed to be different.
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That same year also witnessed... the first transcontinental flight.
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I'm taking them to Tucson to meet the transcontinental train to California.
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Well, we have a transcontinental railway on the edge of town, and it brings ideas here, Mr. wilkes, hot just goods and supplies.
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The Wright's flight was over in seconds; the first transcontinental automobile trip required sixty-three days.
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The government's backing of the cable was analogous to the federal support for the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century.
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The conference included a presentation on a transcontinental shipping route that connects Asia and North America.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
transcontinental = continental (transparent) = trans + continent + al
The adjective 'continental' (relating to a continent) combined with the productive prefix 'trans-' ('across') yields the straightforward meaning 'across a continent'.
Etymology
The word transcontinental comes from the beginning part trans- meaning 'across' and the part continent meaning 'a large land area'. So a transcontinental trip or railway goes 'across' an entire continent.