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Ocean - meaning and illustration



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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1.  Subject field:

  1. Marine navigation.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquatic navigation > Marine navigation )
  1. Mariculture.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquaculture > Mariculture )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for ocean: 🔊

Ocean [ˈəʊʃ.ən]

1.3.  Etymology of Ocean:

Borrowing from Old French occean, ‘ocean’; from Classical Latin Oceanus, ‘the Ocean’; from Ancient Greek Ōkeanos, ‘the Ocean (as opposed to the Mediterranean Sea)’.

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of ocean:

  1. Océan

1.5. Definition of ocean in fisheries:


Image: Definition of ocean
Ocean: the great body of salt water that covers most of the Earth’s surface.

1.6. Plural of ocean:


Oceans;

1.7. Usage contexts of ocean:


I’ve never swum in the ocean before. ▫ Maggie and her family went to the ocean every summer.


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