seaside
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English
Etymology
From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side.
Noun
seaside (plural seasides)
- The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs
- 1907, John A. Glover-Kind (lyrics and music), “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”:
- I do like to be beside the seaside!
Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom,
While the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.
Derived terms
Translations
the area by and around the sea
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Adjective
seaside (not comparable)
- Related to a seaside.
Usage notes
- This adjective is only used attributively.
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References
- QCA curriculum
- “seaside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.