seven seas

plural noun

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: all the waters or oceans of the world

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sailing the seven seas in search of adventure
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While women pirates weren’t exactly a dime a dozen even during the height of piracy, there were a surprising number of fearless females who plied the seven seas. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 Rita’s also offers a variety of caldos (soups) such as their shrimp, fish or siete mares (seven seas) caldo which contains fish, shrimp, scallops, clams and crab legs. — David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024 Curiously, former Aquaman star, Jason Moma, is also in this film, though not as a lord of the seven seas. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas. — Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for seven seas

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First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seven seas was in 1872

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seven seas

plural noun
: all the waters or oceans of the world
had sailed the seven seas
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