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# ocean

«ocean» in Mova's school dictionary: **The huge body of salt water that covers most of the Earth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an ocean, oceans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The huge body of salt water that covers most of the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#m1)

2) One of its five big named parts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#m2)

3) A very large amount (informal: oceans of time). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography: oceans cover about 71% of Earth's surface; the Pacific is the biggest and deepest; continents sit between oceans. In science: ocean water is salty; tides are caused mainly by the Moon; whales, sharks and coral live in oceans; plastic pollution harms sea life. In safety: rip currents, waves and tides at the beach — swim between the flags. Phrases: the ocean floor, ocean waves, ocean currents, across the ocean, deep ocean.

### examples

- The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x1)
- Oceans cover most of our planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x2)
- Ocean water is too salty to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x3)
- Whales live in the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x4)
- Plastic bags can hurt animals in the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x5)
- We sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x6)
- The ocean floor is dark and cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x7)
- In the US people say «the ocean» where people in the UK often say «the sea». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/#x8)

### note

Countable: an ocean (with «an»). Say «OH-shun». Names have capitals: the Indian Ocean. An ocean is much bigger than a sea; seas are smaller parts often next to land. In maths: «71% of the Earth is ocean» means about 7 parts in 10.

### In the corpora

- [Many sharks are endangered because they grow slowly and have few young, and they keep oceans healthy by eating sick fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/18/)
- [Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the ocean floor but are home to about a quarter of all sea fish species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/4/)
- [The Galapagos penguin lives on the equator, kept cool by cold ocean currents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/6/)
- [Sea turtles have lived in the oceans since the time of the dinosaurs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/8/)
- [Whales poo near the surface and feed the ocean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ocean» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ocean/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.