Pacific - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈsɪfɪk|  American pronunciation of the word pacific
Brit.  |pəˈsɪfɪk|  British pronunciation of the word pacific

noun

- the largest ocean in the world

adjective

- disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature (syn: peaceable)
the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force
- promoting peace
the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up

Extra examples

...as a pacific gesture, we invited our feuding neighbors to our backyard barbecue...

...a pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict...

The rebels' pacific gestures have met with little response from the army.

He was the commander of the Pacific fleet.

...the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific...

...for two nations that are conterminous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the U.S. and Canada have had remarkably little strife...

...there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest...

These daisies naturalize well in the Pacific Northwest.

...the popular fantasy that life as a beachcomber in the South Pacific would be never-ending nirvana...

...the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States...

Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to deposit their spawn.

Drake was consumed by the idea of sailing into the Pacific.

Few continental rises occur in the Pacific Ocean.

It is a region that marches with Canada in the north and the Pacific in the west.

We drove along the Pacific coast to Seattle.

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