ocean

[ oh-shuhn ]

/ ˈoʊ ʃən /

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noun

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.

a vast expanse or quantity: oceans of opportunity;the ocean of people at Woodstock.

Origin of ocean

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ocean(e), from Old French or directly from Latin ōceanus, special use of Ōceanus Oceanus, from Greek ōkeanós, Ōkeanós

OTHER WORDS FROM ocean

o·cean·like, adjectivein·ter·o·cean, adjective

Words nearby ocean

occurrent, occur to one, occy, OCD, OCDM, ocean, oceanarium, oceanaut, Ocean City, ocean engineering, ocean floor spreading

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Example sentences from the Web for ocean

And, by warming the oceans, climate change is also setting the stage for supercharged storms, scientists say.
What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck|Carolyn Gramling|August 27, 2020|Science News
So, while local materials may have delivered the bulk of Earth’s water, the oceans were likely topped off a bit later by collisions with remote space rocks.
Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought|Christopher Crockett|August 27, 2020|Science News
In particular, models have a hard time reproducing what happens to an MJO when it hits Southeast Asia’s mix of islands and ocean known as the Maritime Continent.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster|Alexandra Witze|August 27, 2020|Science News
Your house in the redwoods, by the creek and ocean, lasted nearly 19 years.
We Lost Our Home to a Wildfire|Wallace J. Nichols|August 25, 2020|Outside Online

The regular eruption of volcanoes along the rift and new insights into the break up of continents adds to the belief that the continent may be splitting to form a new ocean.
Scientists say a new ocean will form in Africa as the continent continues to split into two|Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu|August 13, 2020|Quartz
These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
Diving Into 2015 With Polar Bear Plunge Extremists|James Joiner|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean.
Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow.
Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The real story of who killed bin Laden may have gone to the bottom of the ocean or been plowed back into the dirt in Abbottabad.
Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Story Is FUBAR, Special Ops Sources Say|Shane Harris|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We went home first for rubber coats, and then set off down the road to the ocean side of the Cape.
Pilgrim Trails|Frances Lester Warner
It gets its power from the ocean, a tunnel having been dug out under the water and thence upwards so as to cause great pressure.
Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile|Henry Stephens
She smiled, and said, "There are some fights at Ocean Park, tonight."
The Huddlers|William Campbell Gault
The people who took care of Veronica sent her across the ocean to her aunt and uncle.
The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks|Hildegard G. Frey
The two weeks on the ocean came and went as softly as flowers unfold and disappear.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment|Charles E. Bolton

British Dictionary definitions for ocean

ocean

/ (ˈəʊʃən) /

noun

a very large stretch of sea, esp one of the five oceans of the world, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic

the body of salt water covering approximately 70 per cent of the earth's surface

a huge quantity or expansean ocean of replies

literary the sea

Word Origin for ocean

C13: via Old French from Latin ōceanus, from Greek ōkeanos Oceanus

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

Scientific definitions for ocean

ocean

[ ō′shən ]

The continuous body of salt water that covers 72 percent of the Earth's surface. The average salinity of ocean water is approximately three percent. The deepest known area of the ocean, at 11,034 m (36,192 ft) is the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean.

Any of the principal divisions of this body of water, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.

Usage

The word ocean refers to one of the Earth's four distinct, large areas of salt water, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. The word can also mean the entire network of water that covers almost three quarters of our planet. It comes from the Greek Okeanos, a river believed to circle the globe. The word sea can also mean the vast ocean covering most of the world. But it more commonly refers to large landlocked or almost landlocked salty waters smaller than the great oceans, such as the Mediterranean Sea or the Bering Sea. Sailors have long referred to all the world's waters as the seven seas. Although the origin of this phrase is not known for certain, many people believe it referred to the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Black Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, which were the waters of primary interest to Europeans before Columbus.

单词	ocean
释义	ocean [ oh-shuhn ] / ˈoʊ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ocean ON THESAURUS.COM noun 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. a vast expanse or quantity: oceans of opportunity;the ocean of people at Woodstock. Origin of ocean First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ocean(e), from Old French or directly from Latin ōceanus, special use of Ōceanus Oceanus, from Greek ōkeanós, Ōkeanós OTHER WORDS FROM ocean o·cean·like, adjectivein·ter·o·cean, adjective Words nearby ocean occurrent, occur to one, occy, OCD, OCDM, ocean, oceanarium, oceanaut, Ocean City, ocean engineering, ocean floor spreading Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ocean And, by warming the oceans, climate change is also setting the stage for supercharged storms, scientists say. What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck\|Carolyn Gramling\|August 27, 2020\|Science News So, while local materials may have delivered the bulk of Earth’s water, the oceans were likely topped off a bit later by collisions with remote space rocks. Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought\|Christopher Crockett\|August 27, 2020\|Science News In particular, models have a hard time reproducing what happens to an MJO when it hits Southeast Asia’s mix of islands and ocean known as the Maritime Continent. Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster\|Alexandra Witze\|August 27, 2020\|Science News Your house in the redwoods, by the creek and ocean, lasted nearly 19 years. We Lost Our Home to a Wildfire\|Wallace J. Nichols\|August 25, 2020\|Outside Online The regular eruption of volcanoes along the rift and new insights into the break up of continents adds to the belief that the continent may be splitting to form a new ocean. Scientists say a new ocean will form in Africa as the continent continues to split into two\|Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu\|August 13, 2020\|Quartz These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity. Diving Into 2015 With Polar Bear Plunge Extremists\|James Joiner\|January 1, 2015\|DAILY BEAST Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean. Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar\|Daniel Levin\|December 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind\|Brin-Jonathan Butler\|December 19, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow. Russia’s Gold Digger Academy\|Peter Pomerantsev\|November 11, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The real story of who killed bin Laden may have gone to the bottom of the ocean or been plowed back into the dirt in Abbottabad. Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Story Is FUBAR, Special Ops Sources Say\|Shane Harris\|November 7, 2014\|DAILY BEAST We went home first for rubber coats, and then set off down the road to the ocean side of the Cape. Pilgrim Trails\|Frances Lester Warner It gets its power from the ocean, a tunnel having been dug out under the water and thence upwards so as to cause great pressure. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile\|Henry Stephens She smiled, and said, "There are some fights at Ocean Park, tonight." The Huddlers\|William Campbell Gault The people who took care of Veronica sent her across the ocean to her aunt and uncle. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks\|Hildegard G. Frey The two weeks on the ocean came and went as softly as flowers unfold and disappear. The Harris-Ingram Experiment\|Charles E. Bolton British Dictionary definitions for ocean ocean / (ˈəʊʃən) / noun a very large stretch of sea, esp one of the five oceans of the world, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic the body of salt water covering approximately 70 per cent of the earth's surface a huge quantity or expansean ocean of replies literary the sea Word Origin for ocean C13: via Old French from Latin ōceanus, from Greek ōkeanos Oceanus 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 ocean tide, pond, puddle, sea, blue, drink, deep, briny, brine, sink, main, seaway, high seas, salt water Scientific definitions for ocean ocean [ ō′shən ] The continuous body of salt water that covers 72 percent of the Earth's surface. The average salinity of ocean water is approximately three percent. The deepest known area of the ocean, at 11,034 m (36,192 ft) is the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. Any of the principal divisions of this body of water, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. Usage The word ocean refers to one of the Earth's four distinct, large areas of salt water, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. The word can also mean the entire network of water that covers almost three quarters of our planet. It comes from the Greek Okeanos, a river believed to circle the globe. The word sea can also mean the vast ocean covering most of the world. But it more commonly refers to large landlocked or almost landlocked salty waters smaller than the great oceans, such as the Mediterranean Sea or the Bering Sea. Sailors have long referred to all the world's waters as the seven seas. Although the origin of this phrase is not known for certain, many people believe it referred to the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Black Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, which were the waters of primary interest to Europeans before Columbus. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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ocean

noun

Origin of ocean

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Words nearby ocean

Example sentences from the Web for ocean

British Dictionary definitions for ocean

noun

Word Origin for ocean

Words related to ocean

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