Etymology From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside.
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UK The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.
Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)
This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth. I'm very excited about it!
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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!1907, John A. Glover-Kind, “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”:
James never cared much for the sea-side, but developed a passionate love for the Westmoreland mountains, getting to know most of them as an energetic fell walker, preferring this to rock climbing.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 128:
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.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
Etymology From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside.
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At or related to a seaside.
Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)
We stayed in a seaside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.
seaside
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Etymology From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside.
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At the seaside.
Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)
We dined seaside and watched the gulls' antics.
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When you think of dining seaside somewhere on a secluded island, this is the kind of place that comes to mind. […] Granted, it takes some planning to get here. You have to make a reservation, and you have to board a boat. But if what you seek is a quiet evening escape from the craziness of Key West, dinner at [the restaurant being reviewed here] is well worth the effort.2010 [1998], Nancy Toppino, Victoria Shearer, Janet Ware, “Restaurants”, in Insiders' Guide: Florida Keys and Key West (Insiders' Guides), 14th edition, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 64:
[…] for guests who like dining seaside under a thatched roof. Try the coconut shrimp with fruit chutney.2006, Travel and Leisure, volume 36, number 11, page 252: