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transatlantic

transatlantic adjective: beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Adjective

transatlantic (not comparable)

  1. Beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
    • Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
    • Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492
    Antonyms:
    cisatlantic

Examples of transatlantic in a sentence

  • This is no way to treat transatlantic partners.
  • But despite the overt similarity of the rules, Rome II does not evince a broad, transatlantic consensus on conflict of laws.
  • These figures include a breakdown into the following categories for overseas travel routes: air cross-channel, sea cross-channel, continental and transatlantic.

All 14 example sentences with transatlantic

Antonyms of transatlantic

Forms of transatlantic

alternative formtrans-Atlantic

Origin of transatlantic

From trans- + Atlantic.

Words formed from transatlantic

Questions about transatlantic

What does transatlantic mean?
Transatlantic means beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
What part of speech is transatlantic?
Transatlantic is an adjective.

Words near transatlantic in the dictionary

  1. transarteriolar
  2. transarticular
  3. transarticularly
  4. transasiatic
  5. transat
  6. transatlantic
  7. transatlantically
  8. transatlanticism
  9. transatrial
  10. transats
  11. transaudient

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