ocean
Definitions
- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- A female given name from English, of modern usage.
- sea
- Water belonging to an ocean.
- The great sheet of salt water surrounding the Earth’s landmasses; also its subdivision into the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans.
- A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which originally extended to the ocean.
- seaside
- An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
- A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
- lunar mare
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
- Abbr. Oc. or O. Any of the principal divisions of the ocean, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans.
- The deity Oceanus.
- loads
- A great expanse or amount: "that ocean of land which is Russia" (Henry A. Kissinger).
- really; hella
- (Physical Geography) a very large stretch of sea, esp one of the five oceans of the world, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic
- (Physical Geography) the body of salt water covering approximately 70 per cent of the earth's surface
- a huge quantity or expanse: an ocean of replies.
- literary the sea
- the vast body of salt water that covers almost three-fourths of the earth's surface.
- any of the geographical divisions of this body, commonly given as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
Equivalents
77 more languages
Afrikaansoseaan
አማርኛውቅያኖስ
Azərbaycan diliokean
Беларускаяакіян
Българскиокеан
བོད་སྐད།རྒྱ་མཚོ
Catalàoceà
Ελληνικάωκεανός
Esperantooceano
Eestiookean
Euskaraozeano
Suomivaltameri
Vosa Vakavitiwasa
ગુજરાતીસમુદ્ર
Hausateku
हिन्दीअंबुपतिअब्धिअर्णवउदधिक़ामूसक़ुल्ज़ुमजलधरजलधिजलनिधिजलराशितोयधिदरियापयोनिधिपाथोधिबहरमहासागरमीरवारिधिसमन्दरसमुद्रसागरसिंधु
Magyaróceán
Հայերենօվկիանոս
Italianooceano
ქართულიოკეანე
Қазақ тілімұхит
ಕನ್ನಡಸಮುದ್ರ
ລາວມະຫາສະໝຸດ
Lietuviųvandenynas
Latviešuokeāns
Македонскиокеан
मराठीमहासागर
Maltioċean
Polskiocean
پښتوسمندر
Portuguêsoceano
Русскийокеан
Ikinyarwandainyanja
سنڌيساگر
Gagana Samoavasa
Soomaalibadweyn
Kiswahilibahari
Тоҷикӣуқёнус
ትግርኛውቅያኖስ
Tagalogkaragatan
Українськаокеан
YorùbáOkun
Examples
“The island is surrounded by ocean”
“the boundless ocean of eternity”
“an ocean of difference”
“On the present⟳ occasion, Traddles was so hemmed in by the pagoda and the guitar-case, and Dora’s flower-painting, and my writing-table, that I had serious doubts of the possibility of his using his knife and fork; but he protested, with his own⟳ good-humour, ‘Oceans of room, Copperfield! I assure you, Oceans!’”
“Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make⟳ you itch You're gonna need⟳ an ocean Of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like⟳ a hound The minute you start⟳ to mess around”
“'Ocean still isn't sleeping through the night.' I don't blame⟳ her. She's probably traumatised by her ridiculous name⟳.”
“But he must ever watch⟳ the northern Bear⟳, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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