Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or adjacent to the sea.
- adjective Of or relating to marine shipping or navigation. synonym: nautical.
- adjective Of or resembling a mariner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or connected with the sea or its uses; having physical relation to the sea: as, maritime dangers or pursuits; a maritime town or power.
- Relating to or concerned with marine navigation, employment, or interests: as, maritime law; a maritime project.
- In zoology, technically, inhabiting the sea-shore; living coastwise; littoral: distinguished from
marine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.
- adjective See
Law . - adjective a loan secured by bottomry or respodentia bonds.
- adjective nations having seaports, and using the sea more or less for war or commerce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Related to the
sea orsailing . - adjective Bordering on the sea.
- adjective Living near or in the sea.
- adjective Of or relating to a
mariner orsailor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
- adjective bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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BOWMAN: What America does need, Gates said, is for the Marines to preserve what he calls their maritime soul.
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But we also need what we call maritime domain awareness.
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But we also need what we call maritime domain awareness, and that's very persistent surveillance out there.
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But it's part of a larger effort that we've had ongoing for sometime, what we call maritime intercept operations where we look for things like drugs moving, where we look for things like weapons moving, or any of the terrorist personnel themselves moving, not only in that region, but in other parts of the world.
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