Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)That part of the sea out of sight of land.

    откры́тое мо́реotkrýtoje móre

  2. (countable, uncountable)A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Looking around the boat was already quite far out in the open sea.

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  2. Gabriel wanted to sail the open sea alone.

  3. Tom swam with dolphins in the open sea.

  4. When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.

  5. After the wind has stopped, let's sail the boat off to the open sea.

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
part of the sea:

Origin

From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea.

From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea.

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Forms

plural: open seas
Singularopen sea
Pluralopen seas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedopen water

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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