"open sea" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: open seas [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|open see}} Middle English open see, {{m|enm|open se}} open se, {{af|en|open|sea}} open + sea Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} open sea (countable and uncountable, plural open seas)
  1. That part of the sea out of sight of land. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: open ocean Translations (part of the sea): açıq deñiz (Crimean Tatar), open zee [feminine] (Dutch), volle zee [feminine] (Dutch), avomeri (Finnish), aava (Finnish), aava meri (Finnish), selkämeri (Finnish), ulappa (Finnish), ulkomeri (Finnish), haute mer [feminine] (French), large [masculine] (French), altura [feminine] (Galician), הַיָּם הַפָּתוּחַ (hayam hapatuakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), avonain meri (Ingrian), mórmhuir [feminine] (Irish), alto mare [masculine] (Italian), (oki) (Japanese), moana waiwai (Maori), tahora (Maori), moana tuauriuri (Maori), plieine mé [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), large [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), ūtermere [masculine] (Old English), alto mar (Portuguese), mar aberto (Portuguese), откры́тое мо́ре (otkrýtoje móre) [neuter] (Russian), пу̀чина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pùčina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ачык талай (ačïk talay) (Southern Altai), ачык теҥис (ačïk teŋis) (Southern Altai), alta mar [feminine] (Spanish), mar ancha [feminine] (Spanish), piélago [masculine] (Spanish), öppet hav (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-open_sea-en-noun-RsTVecBk Disambiguation of 'part of the sea': 83 17
  2. A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: open water
    Sense id: en-open_sea-en-noun-OnozlC2b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "part of the sea",
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      "sense": "part of the sea",
      "word": "tahora"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "part of the sea",
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      "roman": "ačïk teŋis",
      "sense": "part of the sea",
      "word": "ачык теҥис"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of the sea",
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      "sense": "part of the sea",
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      "sense": "part of the sea",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of the sea",
      "word": "öppet hav"
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  "word": "open sea"
}

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