sea

CEFRA1

/siː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large area of salty water.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A large body of salt water.

Examples

  • Air travel is fast; sea travel is, however, restful.

  • I live near the sea, so I often get to go to the beach.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /seɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

  2. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.

  3. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

More examples

In context

  • The waste was dumped in the sea.

  • The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.

  • The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either: * Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore. * Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola zea, zee (“sea”), North Frisian See, sia, siie (“sea; lake”), Saterland Frisian See, Säi (“sea”), West Frisian see (“sea”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno sea (“lake”), Dutch zee (“sea”), German and German Low German See (“sea”), Li...