oceangoing

or o·cean-go·ing

[ oh-shuhn-goh-ing ]

/ ˈoʊ ʃənˌgoʊ ɪŋ /

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adjective

(of a ship) designed and equipped to travel on the open sea.

noting or pertaining to sea transportation: oceangoing traffic.

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Origin of oceangoing

First recorded in 1880–85; ocean + going

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This is going to be the Game of Thrones of U.S. Senate races.
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Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
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The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
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That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?
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"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
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All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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And now I am going on to a review of the broad facts of the educational organization of our present world.
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British Dictionary definitions for oceangoing

ocean-going

adjective

(of a ship, boat, etc) suited for travel on the open ocean

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