maritime

[ mar-i-tahym ]

adjective

1. associated with the sea or waterways to the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.:

   Maritime commerce accounts for trillions of dollars in annual U.S. economic activity.

2. of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea:

   maritime resources.

3. bordering on the sea:

   picturesque maritime towns.

4. living near or in the sea:

   maritime plants.

5. characteristic of a sailor; nautical:

   She stands on the foredeck, glad to be wearing her maritime rain gear.

maritime

/ ˈmærɪˌtaɪm /

adjective

1. of or relating to navigation, shipping, etc; seafaring
2. of, relating to, near, or living near the sea
3. (of a climate) having small temperature differences between summer and winter; equable

Other Words From

• non·mar·i·time adjective
• un·mar·i·time adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of maritime¹

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin maritimus “pertaining to the sea,” equivalent to mari- (stem of mare “sea”) + -timus adjective suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of maritime¹

C16: from Latin maritimus from mare sea

Example Sentences

The textile industry produces more carbon emissions than the airline and maritime industries combined.

From No Straight News

All along the eastern seaboard, maritime forests like this one are becoming ghosts, inundated with so much salt-water that they die from the roots up.

From Popular-Science

This research can give her insights into how the trees will respond to future storms—an increasingly important question as climate change fuels worsening hurricanes and erodes the shorelines of the last maritime forests.

From Popular-Science

These stands of gnarled trees inside Hither Hills State Park are among the last of New York’s maritime forests, which have been cleared for development over the years and are threatened by worsening sea-level rise.

From Popular-Science

Because Ripple Rock’s peak sat just 10 feet below the surface at low tide, it turned an already dangerous stretch of water into a maritime obstacle course.

From Popular-Science

He vows that it will create 250,000 jobs, lift Nicaragua out of poverty and make it the maritime capital of the world.

From The Daily Beast

It has a third of the budget and a fraction of the maritime vessels.

From The Daily Beast

Lobanov hadn't seen the sea until he was 28, though he has some maritime roots—his great-grandfather was from the Greek islands.

From The Daily Beast

The captains of the capsized South Korean ferry and the Costa Concordia have set a new bar for maritime cowardice.

From The Daily Beast

Schettino is on trial for multiple manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship.

From The Daily Beast

The Variegated Horsetail is not exclusively maritime, however, for it sometimes grows by the sides of rivers and ponds.

From Project Gutenberg

We then travelled through the island by railway and crossed to the Maritime Provinces of Canada.

From Project Gutenberg

The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly.

From Project Gutenberg

It was moved that the King should be requested to place the direction of maritime affairs in other hands.

From Project Gutenberg

There would be a maritime war; and such a war Scotland had no means of carrying on.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aquatic
• deep-sea
• marine
• naval
• oceangoing
• seafaring
• seagoing