n.
a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
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(the ocean)
N. Amer. the sea.
Derivative
- oceanward adv. & adj.
- oceanwards adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. occean, via L. from Gk ōkeanos ‘great stream encircling the earth's disc’.
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