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sea change

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sea change

 
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–noun
1. a striking change, as in appearance, often for the better.
2. any major transformation or alteration.
3. a transformation brought about by the sea.
Origin:
1600–10
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sea change  
n.  

  1. A change caused by the sea: "Of his bones are coral made:/Those are pearls that were his eyes:/Nothing of him that doth fade,/But doth suffer a sea change" (Shakespeare).

  2. A marked transformation: "The script suffered considerable sea changes, particularly in structure" (Harold Pinter).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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