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nouna striking change, as in appearance, often for the better. any major transformation or alteration. a transformation brought about by the sea. Origin of sea changeFirst recorded in 1600–10 Words nearby sea changesea butterfly, sea cabbage, sea calf, sea canary, sea captain, sea change, sea chest, seacoast, seacock, sea cow, sea crayfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea changeDespite the hard work of women like Fonda, Archer said, there had been no sea-change in attitudes within the industry. Anne Archer: Women in Hollywood Are Doomed Forever|Nico Hines|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some 500 miles off the tip of India, the Maldives have gone through a sea-change since 2008, when Nasheed was sworn in. In the Maldives, a Coup in Paradise|Sumon K Chakrabarti|February 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST All the same, it's suffered a sea-change under your accomplished hands, Langley. A Young Man's Year|Anthony Hope But as soon as he had reached the door his manner suffered a sea-change. Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Like all the rest of us, he, too, had suffered his sea-change and was the better and bigger man for it. Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde Even the deepening twilight can not disguise the evidences of a terrible “sea-change.” Sword and Gown|George A. Lawrence He has suffered a sea-change; for his keel has been wetted in the waters of Eternity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865|Various
British Dictionary definitions for sea change
nouna seemingly magical change, as brought about by the action of the sea Word Origin for sea changecoined by Shakespeare, in Ariel's song ``Full Fathom Five'' in The Tempest (1611) 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 sea changeconversion, metamorphosis, quantum leap, transformation, upheaval, transfiguration, quantum jump |