sea
A large body of salt waterA large body of salt water.
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» I swim in the sea every day.
Ich schwimme jeden Tag im Meer. — lilygilder
Я плаваю в море каждый день. — Settler
Кожного дня я купаюся в морі. — deniko
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Examples
1507 sentencesI swim in the sea every day.
Кожного дня я купаюся в морі. — deniko
ruЯ плаваю в море каждый день. — Settler
deIch schwimme jeden Tag im Meer. — lilygilder
She has a house by the sea.
Вона має будинок біля моря. — deniko
ruУ неё есть дом у моря. — odexed
deSie hat ein Haus am Meer. — al_ex_an_der
She grew up near the sea, yet she hates swimming.
Вона виросла біля моря, але вона не любить плавати. — aandrusiak
ruОна выросла у моря, но она не умеет плавать. — JeNNeR
deSie wuchs unweit des Meeres auf, und doch hasst sie das Schwimmen. — al_ex_an_der
Meaning
11 sensesA large body of salt water.
Meer, See, Meer
мо́реmóre
мо́реmóre
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
A large body of salt water.
A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
More meanings 8
(attributive, in compounds)Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
A large body of salt water.
The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
A single wave; billow.
The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
(figuratively)Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either:
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Forms
plural: seasSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
5 patterns- in the sea
- by the sea
- of the sea
- at the sea
- sea water
See also
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