atlantic

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/ətˈlæn.tɪk/

adj 6name 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

darling, famous, flowing, last, locomotive, north, pacific, small

The famous Atlantic crossing took five days by ship.

VERB + ATLANTIC

came, connects, control, crossed, crossing, flew, fly, replied

My grandfather flew the Atlantic in a small plane back in the 1950s.

ATLANTIC + NOUN

america, career, city, ocean

She spent her entire career working on Atlantic Ocean research vessels.

PREP.

across, in, in, with, within

Ships have traveled across the Atlantic for hundreds of years to reach Europe.

Definitions

name

The Atlantic Ocean.

A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.

name

A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.

A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

adj

Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.

Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.

Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.

Descended from the legendary Atlas.

The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

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Example Bank

The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

Wiktionary

It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.

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Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern.

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A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of mor

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Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.

Tatoeba · #29586

If it hadn't been for Lindbergh's luck and his knowledge of flying, he could never have succeeded in crossing the Atlantic.

Tatoeba · #29589

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, atlantic is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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