OCEAN


Meaning of OCEAN in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep

▪ vast

▪ great

a vessel which can explore the depths of the great ~s

▪ blue

▪ open

A storm started up once we got out into the open ~.

▪ calm , rough

▪ endless ( literary )

Before him lay the vast, endless ~.

▪ cold , frozen

▪ tropical , warm

▪ southern

penguins of the southern ~s

▪ coastal ( AmE )

VERB + OCEAN

▪ cross , sail

▪ explore

▪ go in , swim in (both esp. AmE )

▪ overlook ( esp. AmE )

a beach house overlooking the ~

OCEAN + NOUN

▪ depths

the darkness of the ~ depths

▪ surface

▪ bed , bottom , floor

▪ basin

▪ water

▪ ecosystem

▪ wave

a life on the ~ wave (= at sea)

▪ current , tides

▪ air , breeze (both esp. AmE )

▪ voyage

▪ liner

▪ view

▪ blue

PREPOSITION

▪ across the ~

trade across the Atlantic Ocean

▪ in the ~

Various toxic substances have been dumped in the ~.

PHRASES

▪ the bottom of the ~ , the depths of the ~ , the middle of the ~ , the surface of the ~

▪ the ~s of the world , the world's ~s

great ships that sailed the ~s of the world

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .