Ocean
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
- US IPA: /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -əʊʃən
Origin
From Old French occean (later reborrowed from Middle French ocean), from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, "Oceanus", a water deity.).
Full definition of ocean
Noun
ocean
(plural oceans)- (countable) One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
- (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.The island is surrounded by ocean
- (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.the boundless ocean of eternityan ocean of affairs
Synonyms
- (large body of water) the ogin UK, nautical and navy