pacific [ puh-sif-ik ]
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.
5. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Pacific Ocean.
6. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the region bordering on the Pacific Ocean: the Pacific states.
noun (initial capital letter)
7. Pacific Ocean.
8. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
OTHER WORDS FROM PACIFIC
non·pa·cif·ic, adjective
un·pa·cif·ic, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO PACIFIC
neutral, friendly, calm, quiet, amicable, conciliatory, diplomatic, gentle, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled, peacemaking, placatory
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Origin: 1540–50; < Latin pācificus literally, peacemaking, equivalent to pāci- (combining form of pāx) peace + -ficus -fic
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PACIFIC
Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.
THE BUDDHIST BUSINESS OF POACHING ANIMALS FOR GOOD KARMA|BRENDON HONG|DECEMBER 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a young Army Air Force lieutenant whose plane crashed in the Pacific in May 1943.
DICK CHENEY VS. ‘UNBROKEN’|MIKE BARNICLE|DECEMBER 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To break her self-destructive cycle and heal, she decides to hike 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail solo.
EXCLUSIVE: THE MAKING OF REESE WITHERSPOON’S GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED ‘WILD’|MARLOW STERN|DECEMBER 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a logic to it – many of the wines were from the Pacific Northwest, principally from Oregon and Washington state.
BEER COUNTRIES VS. WINE COUNTRIES|CLIVE IRVING|DECEMBER 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On each coast, the Caribbean and the Pacific, there are stunning beaches.
CHINA’S NICARAGUA CANAL COULD SPARK A NEW CENTRAL AMERICA REVOLUTION|NINA LAKHANI|NOVEMBER 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A voyage to the Pacific was a very different thing in the year 1800, however, from what it is to-day.
AFLOAT AND ASHORE|JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
We know with what pacific habits they dared the perils of the field.
SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING|GRENVILLE KLEISER
In front, broken only by a line of trees and the squat humps of six antiquated cannons, sparkled the blue expanse of the Pacific.
HIS UNKNOWN WIFE|LOUIS TRACY
Persons thus lost should remember that buffalo trails run north and south, and the Pacific Railroads east and west.
BUFFALO LAND|W. E. WEBB
As the Pacific is not always so peaceful as its name, this pleasing task was not at all times accomplished with ease.
THE UTAH BATTERIES: A HISTORY|CHARLES R. MABEY
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