seagoing
the activity of a person who travels by sea.
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How to use seagoing in a sentence
Both have capable seagoing and aviation forces who are trained to operate under harsh Arctic conditions.
Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Is the Latest Example of Putin Miscalculating the Ukraine War | James Stavridis | May 18, 2022 | TimeIt’s unknown, for example, whether such groups in the Americas had seagoing vessels or the navigational skills needed to reach Polynesia, says anthropologist and population geneticist John Lindo of Emory University in Atlanta.
South Americans may have traveled to Polynesia 800 years ago | Bruce Bower | July 8, 2020 | Science NewsThat these were indications of any racial significance the non-seagoing Briton had seldom, perhaps, realized.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdOf her seagoing qualities I knew nothing except by repute, but her equipment throughout was of the best.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod RaineThe invention of wireless telegraphy has practically reduced the perils of seagoing to a negligible minimum.
By Right of Conquest | Arthur Hornblow
He had been in much bigger churches than this one, while abroad during his seagoing years.
Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. LincolnThe largest seagoing ships can now be admitted to the quays of the town.
The Mentor: Holland, v. 2, Num. 6, Serial No. 58 | Dwight Elmendorf
British Dictionary definitions for seagoing
/ (ˈsiːˌɡəʊɪŋ) /
intended for or used at sea
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