OCEAN


Meaning of OCEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈō-shən ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English occean, from Anglo-French, from Latin oceanus, from Greek Õkeanos, a river thought of as encircling the earth, ocean

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth

b. : any of the large bodies of water (as the Atlantic Ocean) into which the great ocean is divided

2. : a very large or unlimited space or quantity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.