transatlantic

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trans‧at‧lan‧tic/ˌtrænzətˈlæntɪk◂/ adjective [ONLY BEFORE NOUN]
1. crossing the Atlantic Ocean:
　 ▪ transatlantic flights

2. involving countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean:
　 ▪ a transatlantic agreement

3. on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean:
　 ▪ one of America’s transatlantic military bases

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
flight
▪ Richard Branson's Virgin Records, for instance, grew and diversified, including a successful foray into cheap transatlantic flights.
▪ She mesmerized a neighborhood gathering with a description of her transatlantic flight.
▪ We also want to see more transatlantic flights, particularly to regional airports.
▪ The Fokker was the perfect plane for a transatlantic flight.
▪ Because attempts at transatlantic flight generated such hysterical attention, subterfuge became the first order of the day.
trade
▪ In another development that does not augur well for transatlantic trade, Zoellick formally asked the U.S.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a transatlantic ally
▪ a transatlantic organization
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A more important transatlantic forum for cooperation and exchange of knowledge was the Teetotal Movement in which Nonconformists predominated.
▪ At present, around half of transatlantic telephony traffic is carried via satellite.
▪ He also had a working association with the civil engineer Robert Sabine, one of the pioneers of transatlantic telegraphy.
▪ In the first icy transatlantic blast, he pointedly refused to meet Premier John Major, who visits Washington later this month.
▪ On their tiny battery portable they too had seen the transatlantic moppet.
▪ The Fokker was the perfect plane for a transatlantic flight.