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Definition of coast
from coast to coast
: across an entire nation or continent
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Examples of coast in a Sentence
He lives on the coast.
He's flying out to the Coast tomorrow.
Recent Examples of coast from the Web
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In November 1945 a tsunami struck the coast nearby, washing away 4,000 people.
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Cape Town is stunning, with mountains jutting up from the coast to create a jaw-dropping setting.
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Sean Ley of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum estimates that of the 600 shipwrecks on Lake Superior's floor, a third are clustered on the coast here between Munising and Paradise, Mich., where the museum sits on Whitefish Point.
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The international dateline also marks the border between Russia and the United States off Alaska’s west coast.
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The crew tried to make an emergency landing, but crashed off the coast of modern-day Croatia.
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Heal the Bay, which posts periodic report cards on water quality along the California coast, had noted some dramatic improvements in 2016—until the history-making storms hit.
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America first met Joe Riley in 1989 when Hugo, a massive Category 4 hurricane, slammed into the South Carolina coast, and his calm, forceful leadership saved lives and laid down the template for handling natural calamities.
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Although doubts remained that North Korea had cleared all the technical hurdles to make a fully functional ICBM, the launch prompted Washington and Seoul to conduct a joint missile exercise off the east coast of South Korea on Wednesday.
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Origin and Etymology of coast
Middle English cost, from Anglo-French coste, from Latin costa rib, side; akin to Old Church Slavonic kostĭ bone
coast
Definition of coast
transitive verb
1 obsolete : to move along or past the side of : skirt
2 : to sail along the shore of
intransitive verb
1a archaic : to travel on land along a coast or along or past the side of somethingb : to sail along the shore
2a : to slide, run, or glide downhill by the force of gravityb : to move along without or as if without further application of propulsive power (as by momentum or gravity)c : to proceed easily without special application of effort or concern coasted through school —often used with on a company coasting on its good reputation
Examples of coast in a Sentence
The car coasted to a stop.
The airplane coasted down the runway.
The children coasted on sleds down the snowy hill.
They came coasting down the hill on bicycles.
After taking a big lead, the team coasted to victory.
He was accused of trying to coast through school.
She decided she could coast along without a job for the next few months.
The company is coasting on its good reputation.
Recent Examples of coast from the Web
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If LeBron James’ ability to lead his team to the NBA Finals is predicated on his coasting through (generally meaningless) regular season games, so be it.
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Trump barely won the district last year as Price coasted to a double-digit win.
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On the Republican side, meanwhile, Ed Gillespie expected to coast to an easy victory over his main challenger, Corey Stewart, a Trump acolyte who highlighted his hard line on immigration and support for Confederate monuments.
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An initial count showed the Institutional Revolutionary Party, rulers of the State of Mexico for nine decades, fended off a populist threat from an upstart party that didn’t exist when the PRI coasted to victory six years ago.
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Amendola and Marx withstood a furious rally from their opponents, Troy Romano and Ben Adams of East Catholic, to win the first set 7-5 before coasting to a 6-1 win in the second set to end the match.
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat who is expected to seek a fourth term in 2018 and who coasted to re-election in 2006 and 2012.
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While the Marlins were finishing off Dodgers starter Julio Urias in the third, Straily coasted through five.
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Johnson coasted to a dominant 7-0 win over Harding in the championship match at Burnsville High School to capture its second consecutive team state title.
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First Known Use of coast
14th century
COAST Defined for English Language Learners
coast
playDefinition of coast for English Language Learners
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: the land along or near a sea or ocean
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the Coast : the area along or near the Pacific Ocean
coast
Definition of coast for English Language Learners
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: to move forward using no power or very little power
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: to move downhill by the force of gravity
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: to progress or have success without special effort
COAST Defined for Kids
Definition of coast for Students
coasted
;coasting
1 : to move downhill by the force of gravity
2 : to sail close to shore along a coast
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