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Webster 1913 Edition

Ocean

O′cean

(ō′shan)
,
Noun.
[F.
océan
, L.
oceanus
, Gr.
ὠκεανόσ
ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1.
The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; – called also the
sea
, or
great sea
.
Like the odor of brine from the
ocean

Comes the thought of other years
.
Longfellow.
2.
One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic
oceans
.
3.
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits;
as, the boundless
ocean
of eternity; an
ocean
of affairs.
Locke.

O′cean

(ō′shan)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea;
as, the
ocean
waves; an
ocean
stream.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ocean

OCEAN

,
Noun.
o'shun. [L. oceanus; Gr.; Heb. to encompass, whence a circle. This is probably an error. The word seems to have for its origin greatness or extent.]
1.
The vast body of water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe, called also the sea, or great sea. It is customary to speak of the ocean as if divided into three parts, the Atlantic ocean, the Pacific ocean, and the Indian ocean; but the ocean is one mass or body, partially separated by the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa on one side, and by America on the other.
2.
An immense expanse; as the boundless ocean of eternity; oceans of duration and space.

OCEAN

,
Adj.
o'shun. Pertaining to the main or great sea; as the ocean wave; ocean stream.

Definition 2024

Ocean

Ocean

See also: ocean, océan, oceán, óceán, and oċean

English

Proper noun

Ocean

  1. A female given name of modern usage.

Anagrams

ocean

ocean

See also: Ocean, océan, óceán, oceán, and oċean

English

A map, with the Indian Ocean in dark blue

Noun

ocean ‎(plural oceans)

  1. (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
  2. (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
    The island is surrounded by ocean
  3. (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
    the boundless ocean of eternity
    an ocean of affairs

Synonyms

  • (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)

Derived terms

Related terms

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Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈt͡sɛ.an/

Noun

ocean m inan

  1. ocean

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός ‎(Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otsěaːn/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ce‧an

Noun

ocèān m ‎(Cyrillic spelling оцѐа̄н)

  1. (Croatia) ocean

Declension

Etymology

From the vocabulary word ocean, inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.

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