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 Definitions of OCEAN  [ˈoʊ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'OCEAN' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ocean
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three-fourths of the earth's surface.

2.  ocean
any of the geographical divisions of this body, commonly given as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.

3.  ocean
a vast expanse or quantity:
an ocean of grass.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME (< OF) < L < Gk ŌkeanósOceanus)

Definition of 'OCEAN' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ocean
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

2. (noun) ocean, sea
anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume


Definition of 'OCEAN' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) ocean
the large bodies of salt water on the earth
the sound of the ocean; fish that live in the ocean; ocean currents/beaches

2.  ocean
one of the five regions of the ocean
the Antarctic Ocean; the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans


Translation of 'OCEAN' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oseaan, see, wêreldsee Arabic flag Arabic: مُحيط Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: океани
Brazilian flag Brazilian: oceano Czech flag Czech: oceán German flag German: der Ozean
Danish flag Danish: hav; ocean Greek flag Greek: ωκεανός Spanish flag Spanish: océano
Estonian flag Estonian: ookean Farsi flag Farsi: اقیانوس Finnish flag Finnish: meri
French flag French: océan Hebrew flag Hebrew: יָם Hindi flag Hindi: महासागर
Croatian flag Croatian: ocean Hungarian flag Hungarian: tenger Indonesian flag Indonesian: samudra
Icelandic flag Icelandic: haf,úthaf Italian flag Italian: oceano Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 바다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vandenynas, okeanas Latvian flag Latvian: okeāns
Malay flag Malay: laut Dutch flag Dutch: oceaan Norwegian flag Norwegian: hav, osean
Polish flag Polish: ocean Persian flag Persian: اقیانوس Pashto flag Pashto: سيند
Portuguese flag Portuguese: oceano Romanian flag Romanian: ocean Russian flag Russian: (мировой) океан
Slovak flag Slovak: oceán Slovenian flag Slovenian: ocean Serbian flag Serbian: okean
Swedish flag Swedish: ocean, hav Thai flag Thai: น่านน้ำทะเลกว้างใหญ่ Turkish flag Turkish: okyanus
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 海洋 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: океан Urdu flag Urdu: سمندر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đại dương Chinese flag Chinese: 海洋

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'OCEAN' - Nearby Entries  

ocean  ocean floor  oceanfront  oceangoing  oceania  oceanic abyss  oceanica  



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