ocean Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Ocean

Ocean in a Sentence

The island is surrounded by ocean

the boundless ocean of eternity

an ocean of difference

ocean:  

an ocean of affairs

The ocean covers most of our planet, regulates our weather and climate, absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide, provides most of our oxygen, and feeds much of the human population.

the oceans of the world

Could have made oceans of money.

He would have oceans of time for his ride.

Jutting from an ocean of prairie, they [the Sangre de Cristo mountains] run north-south like an iguana spine …

the ocean still holds mysteries that we are only beginning to unravel

with a single bound from the top of the cliff, he propelled the hang glider into the ocean of air over the valley

Could have made oceans of money. / He would have oceans of time for his ride. / Jutting from an ocean of prairie, they [the Sangre de Cristo mountains] run north-south like an iguana spine …

Word Forms & Grammar

oceans

ocean

ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)

Words That Rhyme With Ocean

Origin of Ocean

Origin 1: Middle English occean "the sea flowing around the land mass of the known world," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, borrowed from Greek Ōkeanós, probably of pre-Greek substratal origin

Origin 2: From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity). Displaced native Old English gārseċġ. Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ōceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer). Compare Saterland Frisian Oceoan (“ocean”), West Frisian oseaan (“ocean”), Dutch oceaan (“ocean”), German Low German Ozeaan (“ocean”), German Ozean (“ocean”), Danish ocean (“ocean”), Swedish ocean (“ocean”), French océan (“ocean”), Italian oceano (“ocean”). Doublet of Oceanus/Okeanos.

First Known Use

14th century