oceangoing
Americanadjective
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(of a ship) designed and equipped to travel on the open sea.
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noting or pertaining to sea transportation.
oceangoing traffic.
Etymology
Origin of oceangoing
Example Sentences
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About 90% of all trade is handled on an oceangoing basis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Building oceangoing vessels in the U.S. now costs four or five times more than building them in China or South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The Tradepoint Atlantic terminal, which is used by Volkswagen, is at the mouth of the harbor, east of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and still accessible to oceangoing vessels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
She later remarried the captain of an oceangoing ship and immigrated to the United States in 1961.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
The most isolated people on Earth in recent history were the Aboriginal Tasmanians, living without oceangoing watercraft on an island 100 miles from Australia, itself the most isolated continent.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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