seaside
noun
the land along the sea; seacoast.
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seaside
1 American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
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seasides
plural
adjective
Seaside
2
American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
seaside
British
/ ˈsiːˌsaɪd /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of seaside
First recorded in 1175–1225, seaside is from the Middle English word seeside. See sea, side 1
Example Sentences
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John Bownas leads a team that supports shops in the seaside town, including working together to reduce crime.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Creator and showrunner Katie Dippold began writing the series more than 10 years ago, inspired by her trips as a youth to the Jersey Shore and quaint New England seaside towns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
As we wound our way down the seaside road, the waters were calm and pristine beside us.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
After years of litigation, the dispute is remarkably back at what a judge described as “square one,” leaving the future of seaside dining on seafood towers and lobster rolls uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Fire department officials evacuated residences along Seaside Walk, from 63rd to 67th Place in Long Beach after the seawall and boardwalk were found to be compromised, the department said in a post on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The six beaches also received a Seaside Award - along with Bournemouth, Boscombe and Avon Beach - which recognises beaches that offer a high-quality, well-managed and clean environment.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Then, if you’re as hungry as I was, you rapidly retrace steps and head to the Seaside Foods deli counter in Sebastian’s General Store, a block from the pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Robert Davis, founder of Seaside, Florida, which was used to film The Truman Show, highlighted influences that included the Regency designs of Bath, Renaissance Siena and the ideas of King Charles.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
I am relieved when we finally get back to Seaside.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Wales’ dramatic mountains and seasides can stand in as fantastical locations, like in “House of the Dragon” or “His Dark Materials.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
There are no seasides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, making the beach a bright postcard fantasy of an ending that, while tragic, would have been a premeditated act, one final exertion of control.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
And like the gender-segregated seasides of the Victorian era, everyone, as far as the eye can see, is a woman.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2016
When it wuz fashionable to go to springs and seasides she went and ocean trips and south and north, and when it wuz the fashion to go into the quiet country she come to Jonesville.
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley
During the sweltering summer of that year, the Times' people carried to shady groves and seasides tens of thousands of children who, for the first time, saw running streams and green fields.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Duncan McNeill Young
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