{
    "term": "sea",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/coast.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface and surrounds its continents and islands",
            "sensetop": "by seaby the sea",
            "labels": "literary(especially British English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The waste was dumped in the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wreck is lying at the bottom of the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to travel by sea",
                    "contextForm": "by sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cottage by the sea",
                    "contextForm": "by the sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane was shot down into the sea off *(= near)* Japan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We left port and headed for **the open sea** *(= far away from land)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the cold seas of the Arctic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sea voyage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hotel room with sea view"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The temperature of most of the deep sea is only just above freezing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boat, broken to bits, lay on the sea floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amount of Arctic sea ice in summer has shrunk 15 to 20%."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I love swimming in the sea!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll go down to the sea for a swim before dinner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "three ships sailing on the sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In recent years the sea has risen by a couple of inches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sea has receded since the river was diverted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They live by the sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a house overlooking the sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of Haitians tried to cross the sea to Florida."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sent our furniture by sea."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water", "Holidays", "Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["calm", "choppy", "heavy"],
                "verb + sea": ["cross", "roam", "sail"],
                "sea + verb": ["rise", "recede"],
                "sea + noun": ["water", "bed", "bottom"],
                "preposition": ["at sea", "across the sea", "by sea"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bottom of the sea",
                    "the depths of the sea",
                    "the edge of the sea"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large area of salt water that is part of an ocean or surrounded by land",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the North Sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Caspian Sea"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We crossed the Mediterranean Sea on a cruise ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We sailed across the Black Sea in a yacht."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sailed the seven seas in search of adventure."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the movement of the waves of the sea",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a calm sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sea was very rough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship sank in heavy seas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "stormy/choppy seas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A boy drowned last night after being swept into rough seas by a large wave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sea was too rough for sailing in small boats."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["calm", "choppy", "heavy"],
                "verb + sea": ["cross", "roam", "sail"],
                "sea + verb": ["rise", "recede"],
                "sea + noun": ["water", "bed", "bottom"],
                "preposition": ["at sea", "across the sea", "by sea"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bottom of the sea",
                    "the depths of the sea",
                    "the edge of the sea"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large amount of something that stretches over a wide area",
            "sensetop": "sea of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He looked down at the sea of smiling faces before him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The taxi made its way through a sea of bicycles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane passed over a sea of greenery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were surrounded by a sea of boxes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["endless", "vast"],
                "verb + sea": ["be surrounded by"],
                "preposition": ["sea of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "on the sea, especially in a ship, or in the sea",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It happened on the second night at sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were **lost at sea**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their father was in the navy and spent a lot of time away at sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent three weeks at sea."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "confused and not knowing what to do",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm **all at sea** with these new regulations."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become a sailor; to leave your home and family without permission to become a sailor",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He ran away to sea at the age of 13."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "far away from land where the sea is deepest",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She fell overboard and was swept out to sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stood on the cliff, staring out to sea."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to leave a port or harbour by ship or boat",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The ship put to sea in deteriorating weather conditions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to comfort somebody whose romantic relationship has ended by saying that there are many other people they may have a successful relationship with in the future",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/siː/",
                "audio": "se/sea/sea__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/siːz/",
                "audio": "se/sea/seize__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/siː/",
                "audio": "se/sea/sea__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/siːz/",
                "audio": "se/sea/seize__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sǣ, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zee and German See."
}