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seagoing

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Travelling out to sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a seagoing seal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seafaring, seaworthy

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

used on the high seas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • seafaring vessels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oceangoing, seafaring

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sea + going.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мореходен (morehoden) — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Bulgarian: за открито море (za otkrito more) — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Danish: havgående — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Danish: søgående — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Finnish: avomeri- — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Finnish: merikelpoinen — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • German: seetüchtig — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Latin: permarīnus — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøgående — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havgående — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøgåande — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: havgåande — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Polish: dalekomorski — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Russian: морехо́дный (morexódnyj) — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Russian: морско́й (morskój) — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • Swedish: sjögående — made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
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