Atlantic

[ at-lan-tik ]

/ ætˈlæn tɪk /

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adjective

of or relating to the Atlantic Ocean.

of, relating to, or situated on the eastern seaboard of the United States: the Atlantic states.

of or relating to the countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, especially those of North America and Europe.

of or relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or its members: the Atlantic Alliance.

noun

the Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean.

Railroads. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.

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Origin of Atlantic

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin Atlanticum (mare), “the Atlantic (ocean),” neuter of Atlanticus, from Greek Atlantikós “of (Mount) Atlas,” equivalent to Atlant- (stem of Átlās ) + -ikos adjective suffix; see Atlas (def. 1), -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM Atlantic

sub-At·lan·tic, adjective

Words nearby Atlantic

Atl., Atlanta, atlantal, Atlantean, atlantes, Atlantic, Atlantic Charter, Atlantic City, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Atlanticism, Atlanticist

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How to use Atlantic in a sentence

In March 2020, The Atlantic launched a daily podcast about living through the pandemic, called “Social Distance.”
‘Qualify the context’: Publishers see success with podcasts created to deepen coronavirus crisis coverage|Sara Guaglione|February 26, 2021|Digiday
Alexis Madrigal is a staff writer at The Atlantic and co-founder of the Covid Tracking Project, which compiles, annotates, and publishes high-quality data about the outbreak.
Announcing the MIT Technology Review Covid Inequality Fellowships|Bobbie Johnson|February 23, 2021|MIT Technology Review
A wedge of milder air intrudes off the warm Atlantic, in the lower layer of the cloud.
Sleet vs. snow: The reason behind Thursday’s icy mess|Jeffrey Halverson|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
They met on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic, each from the shore of a different continent.
A Love Letter For All the Days After Valentine's Day|Susanna Schrobsdorff|February 14, 2021|Time

Watching this all from across the Atlantic, the DoJ has slowly collected and built evidence to take on Google.
The future of Google and what it means for search|Pete Eckersley|February 5, 2021|Search Engine Watch
There was Air France Flight 447, which fell into the south Atlantic in 2009.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.
How Amazon Became Santa’s Sweatshop|Sally Kohn|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The youngest old man any of us knows,” an unnamed friend of Atlantic Publisher David Bradley said of Hughes.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple|James Kirchick|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Much like the Taj Mahal, Revel opened in classically gaudy Atlantic City style in April 2012—with a sunrise Champagne toast.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He had the sun-scorched look of a traveller who has just crossed the Atlantic, and he smiled at Bernard with his honest eyes.
Confidence|Henry James
It was republished at once in America, and was welcomed as warmly on this side of the Atlantic as on the other.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Their territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Many wonderful things were seen by the sailors as they crossed the broad Atlantic.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade

British Dictionary definitions for Atlantic

Atlantic

/ (ətˈlæntɪk) /

noun

the Atlantic short for Atlantic Ocean

adjective

of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean

of or relating to Atlas or the Atlas Mountains

Word Origin for Atlantic

C15: from Latin Atlanticus, from Greek (pelagos) Atlantikos (the sea) of Atlas (so called because it lay beyond the Atlas Mountains)

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