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high seas
plural noun
- sometimes singular the open seas of the world, outside the jurisdiction of any one nation
Idioms and Phrases
Open waters of an ocean or sea, beyond the territorial jurisdiction of a country. For example, Commercial fishermen are being forced to go out on the high seas in order to make a living . [c. 1100]Example Sentences
International institutions known as regional fisheries-management organizations are supposed to regulate fishing activities in high seas areas such as the bank.
Passengers who spent the night on board described the mood as positive - despite not hitting the high seas just yet.
It achieved its dominance on the high seas — beyond any country’s jurisdiction — with more than 6,000 distant-water ships, more than triple the size of the next largest national fleet.
"No one had ever considered that the Indigenous people of Oceania have a connection and relationship to what they’re calling the high seas."
The U.S. military built a pier into Gaza’s coast, but it has been plagued by high seas and other problems that have limited its use for delivering aid.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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