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[ trans-oh-shee-an-ik, tranz- ] / ˌtræns oʊ ʃiˈæn ɪk, ˌtrænz- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR transoceanic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable. situated or living beyond the ocean: transoceanic peoples. Origin of transoceanicFirst recorded in 1820–30; trans- + oceanic Words nearby transoceanictransmute, transnational, trans-Neptunian object, Transnet, Trans-New Guinea phylum, transoceanic, transom, transom window, transonic, transonic barrier, transp. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for transoceanicA. I flew domestically primarily, so I never did transoceanic flights. Sully's New Air Safety Warning|Josh Dzieza|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST Michel has also been able to corner Bush on transoceanic flights to China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, and Nigeria. Bush's Ghostwriter|Bryan Curtis|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST This, especially the transoceanic commerce of Germany, has increased from year to year. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2|Various It was but dire necessity that forced low the bars of social caste to the transoceanic traffic between fortune and title. Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking
Thus these two voyages inaugurated a transoceanic steam-service, which has steadily grown in extent and in importance. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston This was laid in New York Harbor; and from it he was the first to conceive that stupendous idea of the transoceanic telegraph. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8|Various The most successful steam-vessels in general use are these screw-steamers of transoceanic lines. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
British Dictionary definitions for transoceanic
adjectiveon or from the other side of an ocean crossing an ocean 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 Words related to transoceanicaway, abroad, foreign, different, unfamiliar, alien, external, overseas, offshore, strange, across, transatlantic, transpacific, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, distant, exotic |