the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
[ Syn: europe ]
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union
[ Syn: european union , eu , european community , ec , european economic community , eec , common market , europe ]
the nations of the European continent collectively; the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II
[ Syn: europe ]