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Definition of marine adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

marine

adjective
 
/məˈriːn/
 
/məˈriːn/
[only before noun]
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  1. connected with the sea and the creatures and plants that live there
    • marine life
    • a marine biologist (= a scientist who studies life in the sea)
    Topics Geographyc1
  2. connected with ships or trade at seaTopics Transport by waterc1
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun in the sense ‘seashore’): from Old French marin, marine, from Latin marinus, from mare ‘sea’.
See marine in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee marine in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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