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Meaning of ocean in English

(Definition of ocean from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of ocean from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ocean

ocean
Such flows occur commonly in nature, examples being katabatic winds and turbidity currents in the oceans.
The developers believe that all kinds of robotic creatures will explore the oceans and send back information.
Here are figures relating to oceans and mountains but nothing on lakes and rivers.
Perhaps one group is right and the other wrong, but neither is postulating a policy as ridiculous as oceans full of lemonade.
He identifies the bathyal region of the oceans as the main recruiting zone for repopulation of the devastated shelf environments.
Illness that makes you have passionate thoughts about the oceans.
One might suppose that those species (whales, birds) that are accustomed to roaming widely around the oceans could readily migrate in response to global warming.
The maps are richly annotated and identify plates, margins, oceans, sediment type, together with comments specific to the time interval in question.
The article in question deals primarily with wild living resources in the oceans, so this critique confines itself to the marine realm.
The epinephelines are a major group of commercially significant fishes concentrated in the warmer oceans of the world.
He considered additionally what would happen in the case of oceans that are bounded by coastlines.
The discussion of the role of sea ice in shaping the polar oceans in the first chapter is very brief.
The tuna, known for its high vagility, is capable of undertaking migrations across oceans.
Model scales range from whole oceans to single stretches of shoreline, to groups of a few current ripples.
Effects would be much less severe near coasts or on islands with water vapor brought in by oceans.
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Collocations with ocean

ocean

These are words often used in combination with ocean.

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deep ocean
Some numbers characteristic of flow in the deep ocean are presented.
magma ocean
The first issue is the very existence of a terrestrial magma ocean.
ocean acidification
Apart from predators, corals in general are at risk from rising sea temperatures, violent storms, ocean acidification, bleaching and coral diseases.
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Translations of ocean

in Chinese (Traditional)
海洋,大洋, 大海, (用於世界五大海域的名稱中)洋…
in Chinese (Simplified)
海洋,大洋, 大海, (用于世界五大海域的名称中)洋…
in Spanish
mar, océano, océano [masculine…
in Portuguese
mar, oceano, oceano [masculine]…
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महासागर…
海洋, ~洋(五大洋の1つ), 海…
okyanus, deniz, … Okyanusu…
océan [masculine], océan…
oceà, mar…
oceaan…
கடலின் ஒரு மிகப் பெரிய பகுதி, உலகின் ஐந்து முக்கிய கடல் பகுதிகளில் ஒவ்வொன்றின் பெயரிலும் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது…
महासागर, विश्व के प्रत्येक पाँच प्रमुख महासागरों के नाम हेतु प्रयुक्त…
સમુદ્ર, સાગર, મહાસાગર…
hav, ocean, -havet…
ocean, hav, världshav…
laut, lautan…
der Ozean…
hav [neuter], verdenshav [neuter], -hav [neuter]…
سمندر, بحر, دنیا کے بڑے سمندر…
океан…
океан…
సముద్రం…
مُحيط…
মহাসাগর, সমুদ্রের একটি খুব বড়ো এলাকা, বিশ্বের পাঁচটি প্রধান সমুদ্র এলাকার প্রতিটির নামে ব্যবহৃত হয়…
oceán…
samudra…
น่านน้ำทะเลกว้างใหญ่, มหาสมุทร…
đại dương, một trong năm đại dương chính…
ocean, morze…
대양, 바다…
oceano, mare…
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