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adj
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: seaward, seawards
Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Broader terms: waterward, waterwards
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Toward the ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: seaward, seawards
Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Broader terms: waterward, waterwards
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English oceanward From ocean + -ward.
