seaborne
adjective
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Definition of seaborne
1 : borne over or on the sea a seaborne invasion
2 : carried on by oversea shipping seaborne trade
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As such, Spain’s offer to take the migrants is a victory for Rome, which wants to share the burden of seaborne migration more evenly among its European partners. — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, "Italy to Ferry Migrants It Rejected to Spain," 12 June 2018 Italy has seen 750,000 seaborne migrants arrive on it shores since 2011, a crisis that has generated anger among Italians, some of whom accuse Rome’s European partners of abandoning it. — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, "Spain Offers to End Standoff Between Italy and Malta Over Migrant Boat," 11 June 2018 It was seen as a warning to the world that Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway for about one-third of global seaborne oil trade—a threat made before by Iran’s military, but not by this president. — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, "Facing Threats at Home and Abroad, Iran’s President Takes a Harder Line," 11 July 2018 The early years of the 20th century saw the concept of seaborne aeronautics evolve quickly. — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, "How the American Aircraft Carrier Became King of the Seas," 22 May 2018 The Greater Port of Houston, a network of nearly 200 terminals lining 25 miles of channel, is one of the busiest seaborne cargo hubs on the planet. — New York Times, "Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy," 16 June 2018 D-Day is considered the largest seaborne invasion in history, when Allied forces invaded Normandy to begin the liberation of Europe under Nazi control. — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, "Trump Slammed Canada for Burning Down the White House. It Didn't, Really," 6 June 2018 This was an important factor in the rapid advance and the joining up of airborne and seaborne infantry to consolidate positions along 60 miles of coast. — Popular Mechanics, "How the D-Day Invasion Was Planned," 6 June 2017 BMO Capital Markets says the 1 billion-metric-ton seaborne market will have a small deficit by 2021 and expand to 15 million tons in 2022. — Bloomberg.com, "The War on Coal Is Making the World’s Top Mine Owners a Lot Richer," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'seaborne.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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seaborne
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of seaborne
: carried in a ship sailing across the sea
: involving or using ships that sail across the sea
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