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| 1. | [ noun ] (geography) the largest ocean in the world | |
| Synonyms: | Pacific_Ocean | |
| Related terms: | ocean south_pacific north_pacific Japan Philippines Wake_Island Malay_Archipelago Aleutian_Islands Papua Bering_Sea Oceania Iwo New_Zealand guadalupe_island Coral_Sea South_China_Sea East_China_Sea Sea_of_Japan Sea_of_Okhotsk Yellow_Sea Australasia San_Diego_Bay San_Francisco_Bay Puget_Sound gulf_of_alaska belau catalina_island gulf_of_tehuantepec osaka_bay Antarctic_Ocean volcano_islands arafura_sea Austronesia Philippine_Sea tasman_sea Iwo | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] promoting peace | |
| Examples: | "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up" |
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| Related terms: | peaceful | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean | |
| Examples: | "Pacific islands" |
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| 4. | [ adjective ] disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature | |
| Synonyms: | peaceable | |
| Examples: | "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force" "a quiet and peaceable person" "in a peaceable and orderly manner" |
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| Related terms: | peaceful | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pacifico pacifistic pacificist pacifist pacifism |
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