sea
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- noun
- /siː/
- Informal
- There was something godly about the sea of lights before us, tranquil.
- a sea change
- a sea of faces
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Watch on YouTubeIn the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
- In the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
- And you've got the sea of ions that's moulting hot.
- Further and further into the sea, into hopelessness.
- Unless you have that, you're just like a minnow in a sea of great white sharks.
Examples
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Been drowning in the sea of broken vows.
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How do you expect to find one guy in a sea of thousands?
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The bad news is obvious when we look at the sea of red.
Academic text (2015) -
My goodness, it's a sea of people.
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In the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
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- It's a sea of frightened faces.
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You wake up here every day feeling lost in a sea of individuality.
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We're drifting in the same sea, you and I, drowning together.
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As the rickshaw disappears into the sea of people and vehicles, we hear Anouar and Max laughing.
Fiction book (1992) -
How do you expect to find one person in a sea of thousands?
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
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9.0
You must choose between two options that are both bad
Compounds
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3.6
The deepest parts of the ocean far below the surface where little or no sunlight reaches
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3.3
A sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia that borders countries like Turkey and Ukraine
- US
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2.0
A fish that people catch for sport and food along the Atlantic coast of the United States
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3.6
A sea near southeast Asia next to China, Vietnam, and the Philippines that many ships cross and that countries dispute
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2.3
A large sea between Europe, Africa, and Asia that connects to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar
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6.1
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
- US
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2.3
A large brown sea animal that lives near Pacific coasts and uses rocks to open shellfish
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2.8
A very large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia that is the world's largest inland sea
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4.8
A soft sea animal with a long body, leathery skin, and tentacles around its mouth
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A large sea of the Atlantic between the Caribbean islands, Central America, and northern South America
- Specialized
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6.4
A long sea animal with no legs, a flat tail, and a poisonous bite that eats fish
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6.1
A large shallow salty lake in southeastern California formed by an accidental flood and fed by water from farms
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6.0
A soft sea animal that looks like a flower with a ring of tentacles around its mouth
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4.4
A sea between Japan and the eastern coasts of Korea and Russia, often called the Sea of Japan
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6.7
A calm part of the North Atlantic Ocean with clear water and large mats of floating seaweed
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3.7
A part of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway and Russia with cold water and many sea animals
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3.1
A part of the Mediterranean Sea between Italy's east coast and the western coasts of Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania
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5.8
A person who dives deep in the sea using special equipment to protect from high pressure
- Specialized
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8.9
A small sea animal that lives on fish and sometimes eats dead plants or animals
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4.6
A large Central Asian lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that is now much smaller after rivers were used for farming
- Specialized
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6.5
A heavy cloth pulled behind a boat to slow drift and keep the front facing the wind
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Etymology
The word sea is often used as a picture of something very large because the real sea looks endless. So a 'sea of' messages or faces means a very large number of them.