Synonyms for ocean

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for ocean

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Définition of ocean

Origin : late 13c., from Old French occean "ocean" (12c., Modern French océan), from Latin oceanus, from Greek okeanos, the great river or sea surrounding the disk of the Earth (as opposed to the Mediterranean), of unknown origin. Personified as Oceanus, son of Uranus and Gaia and husband of Tethys. In early times, when the only known land masses were Eurasia and Africa, the ocean was an endless river that flowed around them. Until c.1650, commonly ocean sea, translating Latin mare oceanum. Application to individual bodies of water began 14c.; there are usually reckoned to be five of them, but this is arbitrary; also occasionally applied to smaller subdivisions, e.g. German Ocean "North Sea."

noun very large body of water

Example sentences :

In the broad pathways of the ocean such a chance is doubtful.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Twenty-four hours have now passed, and we are still tossing about on the ocean.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

We on the other hand cross the ocean in sixteen hours in a flying machine.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Though the cove was more quiet than the ocean, yet it was fearful enough, even there.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He was still chuckling when he spoke, sage from much experience of ocean travel.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

I knew we were going towards the ocean; and my great cause of apprehension was the bar.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

There, we might find something to eat; of which there was little hope, out on the ocean.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

But his instrument was never used on the ocean lines, and, indeed, it was not adapted for them.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Perhaps some day you will cross the ocean to visit this "dead city."
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

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