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( seas)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The sea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the earth’s surface.
Most of the kids have never seen the sea...
All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times.
= ocean
N-SING : the N , also by N
2.
You use seas when you are describing the sea at a particular time or in a particular area. ( LITERARY )
He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas...
N-PLURAL
3.
A sea is a large area of salty water that is part of an ocean or is surrounded by land.
...the North Sea.
...the huge inland sea of Turkana.
N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES
4.
At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.
The boats remain at sea for an average of ten days at a time...
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v
5.
If you go or look out to sea , you go or look across the sea.
...fishermen who go to sea for two weeks at a time...
He pointed out to sea.
PHRASE : PHR after v