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transatlantically

transatlantically

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Across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America
  • adverb
  • /ˌtrænzəˈtlæntɪkli/
: transatlánticamente
  • Many companies now operate transatlantically to expand their markets and reach new customers.

Examples

  • They did a study where they took a chap who was flying transatlantically from New York to the UK.

  • The researchers collaborated transatlantically, sharing data and insights between the US and Europe.

  • America-as-Europe is not an idea that occurs naturally either to Americans, who retain a strong sense of their apartness, or to Europeans, who still share the outdated American illusion of our country as transatlantically distant and separate from Europe.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Our family stayed in touch transatlantically through video calls and emails during our time apart.

Surface Forms

transatlantically positive

Morphology

transatlantically = transatlantic (transparent) = trans + atlantic + ally

The adverb is a regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'transatlantic' using '-ally', so the meaning is directly derived from the adjective.

Etymology

Transatlantically comes from the parts trans- meaning 'across' (as in transport) and Atlantic meaning 'the Atlantic Ocean', so it literally means 'across the Atlantic Ocean'. That's why something done transatlantically happens between Europe and North America or crosses the Atlantic.