ocean
♦ ocean /'oʊʃən/ (oceans)
1 [N-SING] the N
The ocean is the sea.
There were few sights as beautiful as the calm ocean on a warm night.
2 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface.
They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean.
...the Indian Ocean.
3 [N-COUNT] N of n
If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it. (INFORMAL)
I had cried oceans of tears...
APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
4 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something.
His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
1 [N-SING] the N
The ocean is the sea.
There were few sights as beautiful as the calm ocean on a warm night.
2 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface.
They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean.
...the Indian Ocean.
3 [N-COUNT] N of n
If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it. (INFORMAL)
I had cried oceans of tears...
APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
4 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something.
His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.