/ˈəʊ.ʃən/
Translation
A very large area of salt water that covers much of the earth.
Word origin
From Greek okeanos, the name of the great sea around the world.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- okeanos
Grammar
Examples
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"Ocean" is a very large area of salt water.
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"Oceans" is the plural, meaning more than one ocean.
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Here "ocean" is the huge body of water they live in.
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