Meanings
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noun
The large area of salt water that covers much of the earth, or a particular part of it.
We swam in the sea every day on holiday.
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2
noun
A large area of salt water that is partly surrounded by land.
The ship sailed across the Mediterranean Sea.
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3
noun
A very large amount of something.
It will take months to go through this sea of possibilities.
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either: * Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore. * Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola zea, zee (“sea”), North Frisian See, sia, siie (“sea; lake”), Saterland Frisian See, Säi (“sea”), West Frisian see (“sea”),…