SEA CHANGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of sea change in English

(Definition of sea change from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sea change

sea change
But soon, a sea change in attitude surged through village after village.
Expect 2016 to be the beginning of a sea change in election technology user experience.
This is something of a sea change for the two companies.
That's emblematic of the sea change happening within the movie industry.
And let's turn now to a sea change in another workplace.
From NPR
And in many ways, there's been a sea change.
From Wired
There has been a sea change in the attack landscape over the last year.
Sometimes, it can be difficult to notice a cultural sea change.
From NPR
Until recently, this sea change in perception was nearly unthinkable.
This would be a sea change for the car industry.
For such a sea change to happen, it will require education, human resources and technology investment.
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Translations of sea change

in Chinese (Traditional)
徹底變化…
in Chinese (Simplified)
彻底变化…
in Spanish
cambio radical, giro…
in Portuguese
metamorfose, transformação…
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