open sea

collocation in English

meaningsofopenandsea

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open
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən/us
/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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sea
noun
uk
/siː/us
/siː/
the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofopenandseafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopen sea

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It is a movement towards theopensea, towards light.
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Theopenseaand the ships, predictably, are masculine territory.
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The tsunami is not felt in theopensea.
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It overlooks the harbour and offers glimpses through the slots between galleries towards theopensea.
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On theopensea, similar inversions can occur due to severe frontal activity.
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A square area in theopenseawas isolated by means of expanded metal placed vertically.
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The collapse of such a wall may lead to an early intrusion of theopensea.
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The description seems to describe something that occurs in theopensea: the ship is surrounded.
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He indicated, first, that hafgerdingar were a phenomenon of theopensea, and, second, that they occurred in certain places.
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He theorised that the hafgerdingar were produced by riptides, which can disturb theopenseaover large areas.
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Such hafgerdingar, giving the appearance of boiling wave activity, would appear quite threatening on theopensea.
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Is theopenseagradually improving?
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It is a brilliant description and a clever means of making the transition f rom the ship leaving harbor moving toopensea.
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In the direction of view, which is toward the southeast, there is nothing butopenseafor 400 km (250 miles).
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Our men traversed it, and from the other side was seen anopenseaas far as the eye could reach to the northward.
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He told us to look to theopensea.
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Secondly, it has direct access to theopensea.
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They have now been released into theopensea.
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There is plenty of moreopensearoom elsewhere.
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None were turned back to theopensea.
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I have always regarded the bar as the frontier between the harbour and theopensea.
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For the first time there is an extension of planning matters into theopensea.
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It will be the first single-buoy mooring terminal in theopenseain this country.
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