Definition of 'sea'
Word forms: plural seas
2. plural noun
You use seas when you are describing the sea at a particular time or in a particular area.
[literary]
3. countable noun
A sea is a large area of salty water that is part of an ocean or is surrounded by land.
4. singular noun [NOUN of noun]
A sea of people or things is a very large number of them together.
5.
See all at sea
6.
See at sea
7.
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sea in British English
noun
1. See the sea
2. (capital when part of place name)
5.
anything resembling the sea in size or apparent limitlessness
7. See at sea
8. See go to sea
9. See put to sea
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Word origin
Old English sǣ; related to Old Norse sǣr, Old Frisian sē, Gothic saiws, Old High German sēoWord Frequency
sea in American English
adjective
8.
of, connected with, or for use at sea
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Word origin
ME see < OE sæ, akin to Du zee, Ger seeWord Frequency
sea in American English
(si)
noun
SYNONYMS 8. multitude, host, abundance, mass.1.
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface
2.
a division of these waters, of considerable extent, more or less definitely marked off by land boundaries
the North Sea
3.
one of the seven seas; ocean
4.
a large lake or landlocked body of water
6.
the waves
7.
a large wave
The heavy seas almost drowned us
11. See at sea
12. See follow the sea
14. See half seas over
15. See put to sea
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Word origin
[bef. 900; ME see, OE sǣ; c. D zee, G See, ON sær sea, Goth saiws marsh]Examples of 'sea' in a sentence
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sea
British English: sea
/siː/ NOUN
The sea is the salty water that covers much of the earth's surface.
Many of these kids have never seen the sea.
- American English: sea /ˈsi/
- Arabic: بَحْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: mar
- Chinese: 海
- Croatian: more
- Czech: moře
- Danish: hav
- Dutch: zee
- European Spanish: mar
- Finnish: meri
- French: mer
- German: Meer
- Greek: θάλασσα
- Italian: mare
- Japanese: 海
- Korean: 바다
- Norwegian: sjø
- Polish: morze
- European Portuguese: mar
- Romanian: mare
- Russian: море
- Latin American Spanish: mar
- Swedish: hav
- Thai: ทะเล
- Turkish: deniz coğrafya
- Ukrainian: море
- Vietnamese: biển nước
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