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The Pacific Ocean is the largest named ocean basin.
What does Ocean mean?
An ocean is Earth’s huge connected salt-water body, one of its named basins, or a very large amount.
Dictionary definition
The vast connected body of salt water covering most of Earth, or one of its major named basins; also, a very large amount of something.
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Ocean in a sentence
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Currents move heat and nutrients through the connected global ocean.
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An ocean of information awaited the student online.
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Practice 1
Which statement is most accurate?
Scientists describe one interconnected global ocean with five commonly named basins.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses ocean figuratively?
Ocean describes an extremely large amount of choices.
Practice 3
A sea is generally ____ than an ocean and is often partly enclosed by land.
Sea and ocean overlap in everyday speech, but seas are generally smaller.
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Ocean
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WordOcean.
Partnoun.
MeaningOcean means An ocean is Earth’s huge connected salt-water body, one of its named basins, or a very large amount.
ExampleExample: The Pacific Ocean is the largest named ocean basin.
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2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- oh · shun
- Strongest beat
- oh
- Ending
- shun
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on oh.
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Synonyms
Words like Ocean
seaOften used generally for salt water, though a sea is usually smaller and partly enclosed by land.
global oceanThe scientific phrase emphasizing that Earth’s named oceans are connected.
vast amountA paraphrase for the figurative sense only.
Antonym review
Does Ocean have an opposite?
Ocean has no precise general antonym. The learner guidance identifies useful contextual contrasts without presenting them as lexical opposites.
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Word family
Ocean word family
Base word
ocean
noun
oceans
The plural form for named ocean basins.
adjective
oceanic
Related to or occurring in the ocean.
noun
oceanography
The scientific study of the ocean.
noun
oceanographer
A scientist who studies the ocean.
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Hint for students
Think of Earth’s connected salt water; context may name a basin or use ocean to mean an enormous amount.
Common mix-up
Sea and ocean are close, not always interchangeable. Seas are generally smaller and often partly enclosed; land is a contrast, not an exact antonym.
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Label the five named ocean basins on a world map. Add arrows showing two possible water connections and write one literal and one figurative ocean sentence.
Teacher prompt
Place the five named basins on a map, then trace how their waters connect. Ask why “global ocean” can be singular while “oceans” can be plural.
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