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transpacific

transpacific

1 6.7
A journey that crosses the Pacific Ocean between Asia and North America
  • noun
  • /trænspəˈsɪfɪk/
translation icon : travesía transpacífica
  • The Transpacific Partnership, being negotiated behind closed doors by the Obama White House, is NAFTA on steroids.
  • Transpacific Partnership
  • Transpacific Journeys

Examples

  • Well, now we have a new one called TPP, Transpacific Partnership.

    One Nation Under Trump (2016)

  • You know the Transpacific Guess Steamship Company in Canton Road?

    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

  • Alain Thbault's hydrofoiler was scheduled to attempt to break the Transpacific Record this summer.

    Blog text (11)

  • This is indicated in a 1994 article in Transpacific magazine profiling South Korean Chan Ho Park and Japan's Makoto Suzuki, who signed contracts amounting to $1.2 million and $750,000 respectively with American major league clubs:

    Academic text (2000)

  • The yacht set sail on its transpacific journey, departing from San Francisco and heading towards Tokyo.

  • They celebrated the successful completion of their transpacific voyage by sharing stories of their adventures at sea.

  • Her documentary chronicles the challenges faced during the transpacific flight from Los Angeles to Sydney.

Synonyms

passage
vstranspacific
41 3.8

A journey by ship from one place to another

focuses on crossing a specific ocean rather than any ship voyage
transit
vstranspacific
21 3.7

A journey that moves goods or people from one place to another, often by ship

emphasizes a side-to-side crossing of one named ocean instead of general travel
long haul
vstranspacific
5 3.5

A trip that goes a very long distance, often by plane or train

marks a crossing of a particular ocean rather than any long-distance trip
ocean trip
vstranspacific
1 1.4

A journey across the ocean by ship or boat

specifies a crossing of a particular ocean from one side to the other

How Far

transpacific
1 6.7
ocean trip
1 1.4

Surface Forms

transpacific singular
transpacifics plural

Morphology

transpacific = Pacific (transparent) = trans + pacific

This is a regular prefixation from Pacific with trans-, so the meaning is directly inferable as 'across the Pacific'.

Etymology

Transpacific as a noun splits into trans- 'across' and Pacific 'the ocean'. A transpacific is a journey or flight that goes 'across the Pacific' from one side to the other.