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ocean

UK/ˈəʊ.ʃən/ US/ˈoʊ.ʃən/ common

noun

1.

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

Origin

From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity).

Phrases

  • a drop in the ocean
  • boil the ocean
  • brown ocean effect
  • calm blue ocean
  • drop in the ocean
  • it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • motion of someone's ocean

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