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pacific / Pacific > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1pacificPromoting peace
2PacificRelating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean
3pacific, peaceableDisposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
NOUN1Pacific, Pacific OceanThe largest ocean in the world
pacific / Pacific > pronunciation
Soundspahsih'fihk
Rhymesacademic, acerbic, acetic, and 708 more rhymes in ihk at the HyperDic website...
pacific > adjective 1
MeaningPromoting peace.
Examples"the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"
Similar topeaceful
Pacific > adjective 2, pert
MeaningRelating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean.
Examples"Pacific islands"
NounsPacific
pacific > adjective 3
MeaningDisposed to peace or of a peaceful nature.
Examples"the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"
Synonymspeaceable
Similar topeaceful
Adverbspacifically
Pacific > noun, object
MeaningThe largest ocean in the world.
SynonymsPacific Ocean
PartsGuadalupe Island; Aleutian Islands, Aleutians; Oceania, Oceanica; Australasia; Austronesia; Wake Island, Wake; Malay Archipelago, East Indies, East India; New Guinea, Papua; Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago; Volcano Islands; New Zealand; Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew; Philippines, Philippine Islands; Santa Catalina, Catalina Island; Antarctic Ocean; Arafura Sea; Bering Sea; Coral Sea; East China Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of Tehuantepec; Osaka Bay; Puget Sound; San Diego Bay; San Francisco Bay; Sea of Japan; Sea of Okhotsk; South China Sea; Tasman Sea; Yellow Sea
Region ofIwo, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo; Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea
NarrowerNorth Pacific; South Pacific
Broaderocean
AdjectivesPacific

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