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seaside

[ see-sahyd ]

/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /

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noun

the land along the sea; seacoast.

adjective

situated on or pertaining to the seaside.

Origin of seaside

First recorded in 1175–1225, seaside is from the Middle English word seeside. See sea, side¹

Words nearby seaside

seashell, seashore, seashore test, seasick, seasickness, seaside, seaside knotweed, seaside sparrow, seasnail, season, season creep

Definition for seaside (2 of 2)

Seaside

[ see-sahyd ]

/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /

noun

a city in W California, on Monterey Bay.

Example sentences from the Web for seaside

Tallinn feels palpably Scandinavian with its polished old-town brick, seaside positioning and glut of cool cafes.

Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015 |Brandon Presser |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Two hundred girls are weaving in and out of dirty alleys in the seaside slum of West Point, Liberia.

Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola |Abby Haglage |October 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The glamour of the seaside resort has long since been eclipsed by spectacular violence.

Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali |Jason McGahan |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Set a year after the rest of the season, the staff takes an outing to the seaside.

How Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt Navigated Anna's Controversial Rape Arc |Kevin Fallon |August 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Poets are drawn to timeless things: leaves, seasons, the seaside, the moon.

What the Forward Prize Doesn’t Recognize About Poets |Mandy Kahn |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A seaside place, as a centre for motoring, walking or bicycling, is by its very essence one-sided or even less.

Through East Anglia in a Motor Car |J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
But how often we used to make believe that we were going to the seaside!

Mollie's Prince |Rosa Nouchette Carey
Sometimes I have been taken to places at the seaside, but I won't stay because people stare at me.

The Secret Garden |Frances Hodgson Burnett
Hina Ke Ahi could not stand the rain and so fled with her people to a home by the seaside.

Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina |W. D. Westervelt
By-the-bye, I shall have half a day at the seaside on Monday.

In the Year of Jubilee |George Gissing

British Dictionary definitions for seaside

seaside

/ (ˈsiːˌsaɪd) /

noun

any area bordering on the sea, esp one regarded as a resort
(as modifier)a seaside hotel