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Definition: SEAMARK |
SEAMARKNoun1. Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. |
Date "SEAMARK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1632. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | An artificial or natural object of easily recognisable shape or colour, or both, situated in such a position that it may be identified on a chart or related to a known navigational instruction(e. g. taken from a List of Lights, etc. ). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, weathercock; guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize; polestar, loadstar, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "SEAMARK" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SEAMARK" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
seamark | 13 |
seamark asset management | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SEAMARK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fener deti (lighthouse). (various references) | |
Danish | sømærke (beacon, ground light, mark, navigation mark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio). (various references) | |
French | marque, amer. (various references) | |
German | Tagesseezeichen (mark, navigation mark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio). (various references) | |
Greek | σημείο σημάνσεως (mark, navigation mark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio), σήμανση (carriageway marking, delineator, labeling, labelling, mark, marking, markup, mark-up, navigation mark, road marking, signage, signposting, signs, tattooing, traffic signing, traffic signs, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio), μάρκα (brand, label, make). (various references) | |
Italian | segnale ottico diurno (mark, navigation mark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio), segnale ottico (mark, navigation mark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio), meda (buoy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eamarksay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | baliza costeira. (various references) | |
Russian | маяк (beacon, lighthouse, pharos, screed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pomorski znak. (various references) | |
Spanish | marca (brand, distinguishing mark, footprint, landmark, make, March, Mark, name tab, note, patent, performance, scratch, stamp, trademark). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | навігаційний знак, маяк (beacon, lighthouse, watchtower). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SEAMARK": seamarks. (additional references) | |
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"SEAMARK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esmark, Hedmark, Neimark, Neumark, neumarkt, seafar, seagar, Seapark, seemar, Semerc, stenmark. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-k-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: karmas, makars, makers, masker. | |
-2 letters: araks, areas, asker, eskar, kames, karma, maars, makar, maker, makes, mares, marks, marse, maser, merks, rakes, reams, saker, samek, smear, smerk. | |
-3 letters: amas, arak, area, ares, arks, arms, arse, asea, ears, eras, kaas, kaes, kame, keas, maar, maes, make, mare, mark, mars, mask, merk, mesa, rake, rams, rase. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-k-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: earmarks, seamarks. | |
+2 letters: capmakers, carmakers, dekagrams, hatmakers, haymakers, keratomas, lawmakers, malarkeys, malarkies, mandrakes, mapmakers, teamakers, warmakers. | |
+3 letters: amberjacks, automakers, glassmaker, hackamores, metalmarks, pacemakers, playmakers, rainmakers, ramshackle, samarskite, taskmaster, tastemaker, trademarks, watermarks. | |
+4 letters: glassmakers, jackhammers, karyogamies, makereadies, matchmakers, meadowlarks, papermakers, peacemakers, phrasemaker, platemakers, samarskites, taskmasters, tastemakers, watchmakers. | |
+5 letters: aftermarkets, alkalimeters, blackmailers, embarkations, marketplaces, papermakings, phrasemakers, phrasemaking. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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