Looking for the meaning of the word OCEAN in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of OCEAN with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Ocean
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French occean, via Latin from Greek ōkeanos ‘great stream encircling the earth's disc’. ‘The ocean’ originally denoted the whole body of water regarded as encompassing the earth's single land mass
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈəʊʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically
Short Definition:very large expanse of sea
Examples:- the Atlantic Ocean
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