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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seven seasnoun

    an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world

    "the old salt had sailed the seven seas"

Wiktionary

  1. seven seasnoun

    All of the oceans of the world. (North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic)

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  1. Seven Seas

    Life at Brian's – Lean and Hungry redirects hereSeven Seas is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 6 July 1984. It was the third single to be released from their 1984 album Ocean Rain. It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 10 on the Irish Singles Chart. In a retrospective review of the song, Allmusic journalist Dave Thompson said: "Regardless of the surreal lyrics, their enigmatic meaning dovetails marvelously with the mood of this exquisite piece."

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  1. seven seas

    The "Seven Seas" is a historical term used in ancient literature and maps to refer to the seven largest bodies of water in the world. Throughout history, the exact definition has varied, but it's typically referenced to include the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean. In earlier times, some geographic interpretations included different bodies of water depending on cultural perspective.

Wikidata

  1. Seven Seas

    The phrase "Seven Seas" can refer either to a particular set of seven seas or be used as an expression for all the world's oceans in general. The International Hydrographic Organization lists over 100 bodies of water known as seas.

Editors Contribution

  1. seven seas

    Seven seas is the collective name given to all the world's seven oceans. It is used as a phrase in the English language.

    I crossed the seven seas to meet her and she said she did not recognise me at all.


    Submitted by anonymous on April 1, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seven seas in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seven seas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of seven seas in a Sentence

  1. Tommy Tuberville:

    Our job is to remind friends and foes alike that the U.S. Navy is the most powerful navy to ever sail the seven seas, and it must stay that way.

  2. John Warner:

    This ship embraces every single known bit of high-tech that is required to equip it and allow it to maintain the toughest missions, it will go to all corners of this globe, all seven seas, and quietly perform a mission and disappear into the darkness of night and nobody will ever know that it was there.

  3. Mark Twain:

    When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy. Today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.


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