Pacific Rim

[ puh-sif-ik rim ]

noun

a geographic area that includes all the landmasses that border the Pacific Ocean when considered collectively, but which often refers specifically and socioeconomically to eastern Asia:coastal erosion in the Pacific Rim;What do the economies in Europe and the Pacific Rim tell us about current trends?

Origin of Pacific Rim

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby Pacific Rim

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How to use Pacific Rim in a sentence

He got his first film role by answering a Craigslist ad to play an extra in the “deep, deep background” of Pacific Rim when it was shooting in Toronto.
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Then we shoot Pacific Rim December 2015 all the way to the middle of 2016 to be ready for release April 2017.
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Pacific Rim added little to the already well-known story, making the entire film predictable from the start.
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When I was going to do Pacific Rim, he gave me a private tutoring on 3-D conversion, and on 3-D theory.
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From Pacific Rim to Wolverine to Only God Forgives, Asians are finally getting good roles in big films.
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To court Asian box offices, American blockbusters, like The Wolverine and parts of Pacific Rim, are being set there.
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British Dictionary definitions for Pacific rim

Pacific rim

noun

the regions, countries, etc, that lie on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, esp in the context of their developing manufacturing capacity and consumer markets

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