A marine is a member of an armed force, for example the US Marine Corps or the Royal Marines, who is specially trained for military duties at sea as well as on land.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Marine is used to describe things relating to the sea or to the animals and plants that live in the sea.
...breeding grounds for marine life.
...research in marine biology.
Synonyms: nautical, sea, maritime, oceanic More Synonyms of marine
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Marine is used to describe things relating to ships and their movement at sea.
...a solicitor specialising in marine law.
...marine insurance claims.
marine in British English
(məˈriːn)
adjective(usually prenominal)
1.
of, found in, or relating to the sea
2.
of or relating to shipping, navigation, etc
3.
of or relating to a body of seagoing troops
marine corps
4.
of or relating to a government department concerned with maritime affairs
5.
used or adapted for use at sea
a marine camera
noun
6.
shipping and navigation in general
the merchant marine
7. (capital when part of a name)
a member of a marine corps or similar body
8.
a picture of a ship, seascape, etc
9. tell it to the marines
Word origin
C15: from Old French marin, from Latin marīnus, from mare sea
marine in American English
(məˈrin)
adjective
1.
a.
of the sea or ocean
b.
inhabiting, found in, or formed by the sea
2.
a.
of navigation on the sea; nautical
b.
of shipping by sea; maritime
3.
used, or to be used, at sea
a marine engine
4.
a.
trained for service at sea and on land, as certain troops
b.
of such troops
noun
5.
a.
a member of a marine military force
b. US; [oftenM-]
a member of the United States Marine Corps
6.
naval or merchant ships collectively; seagoing ships; fleet
the merchant marine
7.
in some countries, the department of government in charge of naval affairs
8.
a picture of a ship or a sea scene
Word origin
ME maryne < L marinus < mare, the sea: see mare2
Examples of 'marine' in a sentence
marine
The merchant marine ministry said that three of those on board were unconscious.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The winds also lead to an upsurge in marine life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Dine on deliciously fresh marine life.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Environmental groups said that the microbeads in the exempted products were just as damaging to marine life and should also be banned.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For marine life and seabirds, the plastic fibres found in their guts could cost them their lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Metal contamination in the marine environment is a problem the world over, and this solution holds great promise.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
MPs had called for action against the tiny beads, which are flushed into the ocean and damage marine life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The research adds to a growing understanding of how fish, as well as whales and other marine mammals, use sound.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All this despite the presence of an extensive marine park around the island.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It became a race against time once the wreck was exposed to marine life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Early in his career he edited works on shipping law and marine insurance.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are masters of the marine environment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Where are the images showing the location of the sailors and marines when apprehended?
The Sun (2007)
The second was marine navigation and swimming.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The proposal has emerged amid growing concern about the effect of humanity on the marine environment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The empire lacked a large merchant marine, a fact that weakened its effort on the seas.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
This is the best place on the west coast of Scotland for seeing large marine mammals.
Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991)
He is recruiting 240 former marines and other sailors for the force.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Or a marine mammal with a British soul star?
The Sun (2014)
A series of quick clips of previously unseen and unidentified sailors and marines was aired.
The Sun (2007)
Ironically, he is applying the steely determination of a former marine to the job of going all new age.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
From the great American forests would come the timber and naval stores needed to build a bigger navy and merchant marine.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
The rest of its book is a diverse set of exposures to property and casualty, and marine and aviation insurance.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The first force to move from training to full deployment of the aircraft will be the US marine corps next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He'd come on tour then he'd go away for three months on a marine biology expedition somewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As a student and then a professor of marine biology, he stayed there, and this memoir is one of the results.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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In other languages
marine
British English: marine NOUN
A marine is a member of an armed force who is specially trained for military duties at sea as well as on land.
A small number of marines were wounded.
American English: marine
Brazilian Portuguese: fuzileiro naval
Chinese: 海军陆战队士兵
European Spanish: marine
French: marine
German: Marineinfanterist
Italian: marine
Japanese: 海兵隊員
Korean: 해병 대원
European Portuguese: fuzileiro naval
Latin American Spanish: fusilero naval
British English: marine ADJECTIVE
Marine is used to describe things relating to the sea or to the animals and plants that live in the sea.