Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated on or coming from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
- adjective Spanning or crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying or being beyond the Atlantic; on the opposite side of the Atlantic from the country of the speaker or writer; specifically, in Europe, American.
- Crossing or passing across the Atlantic: as, a transatlantic line of steamers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
- adjective Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective on, from the other side of,
spanning orcrossing theAtlantic Ocean
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective crossing the Atlantic Ocean
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Examples
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O'BRIEN: The second worse is a trip across the pond to what they call a transatlantic abort, then potentially an abort -- so-called abort to orbit.
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(How many ethnic slurs are heard in transatlantic business class?)
One World, Under God 2009
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Europeans are watching closely to see what - if any difference - the results will make in transatlantic relations.
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(How many ethnic slurs are heard in transatlantic business class?)
One World, Under God 2009
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Fires explores the surprisingly complex intersections of gender and nationalism in transatlantic Romantic culture.
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Meanwhile, in transatlantic secure phone calls, the message machinery focused on a crucial topic: who should carry the freight on the following Sunday's talk shows?
07/17/2005 2005
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These contradictory elements coalesce within transatlantic relations in a highly ambivalent and also unique relationship.
Translantic Relations and Security Policy: Common Interests, Values and History 2004
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New orientations in transatlantic perspectives are therefore not unusual.
Translantic Relations and Security Policy: Common Interests, Values and History 2004
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One reason for some of the current conflicts is that we have grown so close to each other as to enjoy a "democratic domestic society" or, one could say, that we deal in transatlantic domestic policy.
Translantic Relations and Security Policy: Common Interests, Values and History 2004
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I see NATO continuing to have a central role in transatlantic relations.
Translantic Relations and Security Policy: Common Interests, Values and History 2004
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