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Atlantic

[at-lan-tik]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Atlantic Ocean.

  2. of, relating to, or situated on the eastern seaboard of the United States.

    the Atlantic states.

  3. of or relating to the countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, especially those of North America and Europe.

  4. of or relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or its members.

    the Atlantic Alliance.



noun

  1. the Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean.

  2. Railroads.a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.

Atlantic

/ əˈæԳɪ /

noun

  1. short for Atlantic Ocean

“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

adjective

  1. of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean

  2. of or relating to Atlas or the Atlas Mountains

“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
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Other Word Forms

  • sub-Atlantic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin Atlanticum (mare), “the Atlantic (ocean),” neuter of Atlanticus, from Greek ٱԳپó “of (Mount) Atlas,” equivalent to Atlant- (stem of Áٱ ) + -ikos adjective suffix; Atlas ( def. 1 ), -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic1

C15: from Latin Atlanticus, from Greek ( pelagos ) Atlantikos (the sea) of Atlas (so called because it lay beyond the Atlas Mountains)
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Example Sentences

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Talks will focus on North Atlantic and Arctic security as well as climate change, economic development and critical minerals, before Macron continues to the G7 summit in Canada.

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On Thursday, they took to Atlantic Avenue and Firestone Boulevard in South Gate, where Villa waved a flag pole with both American and Mexican flags affixed to it.

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These thunderstorms are associated with a Spanish Plume event, which is a complicated layer-cake of air stacked vertically in the atmosphere that originates from France, Spain and the Atlantic.

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Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.

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By 7 p.m., about 100 protesters had gathered on the other side of the 710 Freeway near Atlantic Avenue and Alondra Boulevard, where some were lobbing rocks and bottles at L.A.

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