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adjective
1.
tending to make or preserve peace; conciliatory: pacific overtures.
2.
not warlike; peaceable; mild: a pacific disposition.
3.
at peace; peaceful: a pacific era in history.
4.
calm; tranquil: The Wabash is a pacific river.
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EXPAND(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.
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COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the region bordering on the Pacific Ocean: the Pacific states.
noun (initial capital letter)
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a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
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Pacific
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example Sentences
- Of course, that sense of a pacific spring was illusory because much was going wrong that day.
- Pacific waves, and the occasional kayaker, peer down at neon pink and chartreuse sea anemones and bright orange seastars.
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| Pacific (pəˈsɪfɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the Pacific short for Pacific Ocean |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or relating to the Pacific Ocean or its islands |
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Word Origin & History
pacific
1540s, "tending to make peace," from M.Fr. pacifique, from L. pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (gen. pacis) "peace" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "peaceful, calm" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Pacifically.
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