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undersea

American  
[uhn-der-see] / ˈʌn dərˌsi /

adjective

  1. located, carried on, or used under the surface of the sea.

    undersea life.


adverb

  1. underseas.

undersea British  
/ ˈʌndəˌsiː /

adjective

  1. below the surface of the sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of undersea

First recorded in 1605–15; under- + sea


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Ginda said water provider ABH supports policies to encourage investment and development in Batam, south of Singapore and connected to it by undersea cables.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

The growing importance of undersea infrastructure prompted a parliamentary report, external last year to warn of security vulnerabilities in areas including transport and supply chains, financial services and payment systems.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Chinese research vessels crisscross the world’s oceans and study critical undersea environments, gathering troves of data for use by scientists, companies and naval commanders alike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

One Chinese ship, the Ke Xue, was active this summer near undersea cables northeast and southwest of Taiwan, said Jose M. Macias III, an associate fellow at CSIS’s Futures Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He was a true renaissance man—a best-selling author, an undersea adventurer, and a discoverer of long-lost ships.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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