ocean

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UK /ˈəʊ.ʃən/ US /ˈoʊ.ʃən/

noun 4name 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deep | vast

great

The great ocean stretches for thousands of miles beyond the horizon.

open

The sailors felt nervous as they sailed into the open ocean for the first time.

tropical, warm

southern

Whales migrate through the southern ocean every winter to find food.

VERB + OCEAN

cross, sail | explore

OCEAN + NOUN

depths

Strange creatures live in the cold ocean depths where sunlight never reaches.

surface | bed, floor | basin | water

wave

The surfers waited eagerly for the big ocean waves to arrive at the beach.

current | voyage | liner

PREP

across the ~

Millions of birds migrate across the ocean every year to reach their winter homes.

in the ~

Plastic waste floating in the ocean harms marine animals every day.

PHRASES

the bottom/depths/middle/surface of the ocean, the oceans of the world

Strange creatures live in the depths of the ocean where sunlight never reaches.

Definitions

noun

One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Water belonging to an ocean.

The island is surrounded by ocean

An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.

the boundless ocean of eternity

an ocean of difference

A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

name

A female given name from English, of modern usage.

'Ocean still isn't sleeping through the night.' I don't blame her. She's probably traumatised by her ridiculous name.

A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which originally extended to the ocean.

A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.

The deity Oceanus.

But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

drop in the ocean

A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.

spit in the ocean

A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

Lawrence Venuti, a translator and author of The Translator's Invisibility, said that, beyond high-profile bestsellers, translations in the UK and US were still "a spit in the ocean

motion of someone's ocean

The way someone moves during sex.

I wanna be down in your South Seas But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean Means small craft advisory

Example Bank

The island is surrounded by ocean

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the boundless ocean of eternity

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an ocean of difference

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'Ocean still isn't sleeping through the night.' I don't blame her. She's probably traumatised by her ridiculous name.

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But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.

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My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.

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Usage Notes

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