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oceangoing

oceangoing adjective: travelling out to sea.

Adjective

oceangoing (not comparable)

  1. Travelling out to sea.
    • an oceangoing seal
    Synonyms:
    seafaring, seagoing
  2. Designed and equipped for use on ocean voyages.
  3. (informal) Utter; total.
    • […] an ocean-going bastard he was, too.2006, The Spectator, volume 301, page 38
    • […] an ocean-going shit for much of his life, which helped feed the legend considerably.2009, The Literary Review (issues 362-368; issues 370-372; page 34)

oceangoing meaning in Persian

oceangoing in Persian

capable of sailing on the ocean
زراه پیما zerâh-peymâ

Synonyms of oceangoing

Forms of oceangoing

alternative formocean-going

Origin of oceangoing

* From ocean + going. * (utter; total): Thorne (see references) states: "The usage is inspired by such terms as 'ocean-going yacht', denoting a larger and more powerful version of the thing in question."

Questions about oceangoing

What does oceangoing mean?
Oceangoing means travelling out to sea.
What is oceangoing in Persian?
Oceangoing in Persian is زراه پیما (zerâh-peymâ). See Oceangoing meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is oceangoing?
Oceangoing is an adjective.

Words near oceangoing in the dictionary

  1. oceanfarer
  2. oceanfarers
  3. oceanfront
  4. oceanfronts
  5. oceanful
  6. oceangoing
  7. Oceania
  8. Oceanian
  9. Oceanianism
  10. Oceanianist
  11. Oceanianists

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