transatlantic
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˌtrænzəˈtlæntɪk/
- The first nonstop transatlantic flight... was made by Alcock and Brown from Newfoundland to Ireland.
- transatlantic trade
- transatlantic relations
- transatlantic partnership
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Watch on YouTubeSo overall, the elections are going to, you know, 'cause that transatlantic bridge to creak just a little bit.
- So overall, the elections are going to, you know, 'cause that transatlantic bridge to creak just a little bit.
- So if you've heard of transport, it's about moving things from one port to another, transatlantic moving, you know, across the Atlantic.
- They're imposing billion dollar fines and prompting complaints that their aim is to hamstring their transatlantic rivals.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I'm firmly convinced that we can develop a new shared agenda in our transatlantic relations.
- So, So my point, my point is not in any way to at all diminish what the European slave trade was or what the transatlantic slave trade was.
- Then there's Winston, who has quite an attitude and he's not quite British, but he's a little bit transatlantic.
Examples
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For the time being, at least, the smaller ports enjoyed a share of the transatlantic trade.
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Just one round trip transatlantic flight emits twice as much carbon dioxide emissions as driving the family car for an entire year.
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I received a transatlantic call one day.
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All is not well either in our region or in the transatlantic relationship.
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I have sat with him on a transatlantic plane, had a very, very long conversation with him.
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I've got two guys and a transatlantic conference call coming up.
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Their greatest failure, however, lies with the looming problems at the heart of the transatlantic economic relationship.
Academic text (1999) -
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm firmly convinced that we can develop a new shared agenda in our transatlantic relations.
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This is a transatlantic flight from New York to London, the airline now confirming this is, in fact, a hijacking in progress.
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I booked a transatlantic flight to visit my family in England.
Synonyms
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6.7
Happening between continents across an ocean for travel and communication
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word transatlantic comes from trans- meaning 'across', as in transport, and Atlantic meaning the 'Atlantic Ocean', the sea between Europe and America. So transatlantic describes something that goes 'across the Atlantic', like a flight, cable, or business link between the two continents.