Sea Change?

Question

I´m translating a tv series and he says "Sea Change"
It´s not in a sentence or anything like that...
But there is some relation with the Pacific Ocean.
Can it be something related to TIDES?
I mean, is Sea Change a synonym for tide?

There is no context.
He reads a newspaper headline "Sea Change"

Answer 1

A "sea change" refers to a marked change, a significant transition from one state to another.

"After several months of steady increase, the US markets underwent a sea change this week brought about by uncertainty in the secondary mortgage market."

Answer 2

Sea Change Synonym

Answer 3

I wish I had context to help out with this one...

(I don't guess he meant he saw a piece of change, some $$$ ? lol ;-} )

If he's an "old salt," a man frequently on the sea, he probably means a change in weather, esp. that which affects the sea. That would cause a "sea change."

I've never heard that sea change is a synonym for tide. But I haven't heard much at all lately... Just Y!A ... on + on !

If the series is about global warming by any chance, there's a sea change there, too.

Good luck with this one. (***well, i see by the big guys i really blew it on this question;even forgetting shakespeare and whatnot. have a bro-in-law who's an admiral but did i learn anything? nooo-oo. oh well.***sorry to waste your time)

Answer 4

n.
1. A change caused by the sea: "Of his bones are coral made:/Those are pearls that were his eyes:/Nothing of him that doth fade,/But doth suffer a sea change" (Shakespeare).
2. A marked transformation: "The script suffered considerable sea changes, particularly in structure" (Harold Pinter).

The headline might be referring to some major change in almost anything.

It could also refer to "Sea Change" which is a folk rock album by Beck released in September 2002 or to "SeaChange" which is a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC.

Answer 5

Sea Change features ornate string arrangements and soft acoustic guitar finger-picking. Much of Beck's trademark recondite, ironic lyrics are replaced by more sincere, simpler songwriting. On Sea Change, Beck eschews the heavy sampling of his previous albums for real instrumentation. In interviews, Beck cited the breakup with his longtime girlfriend as the major influence on the album. With its lovelorn lyrics, critics have compared Sea Change to Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks and the works of Nick Drake. "Paper Tiger" draws inspiration from Serge Gainsbourg, in particular the groundbreaking 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson.

Sea Change peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and was eventually certified gold in March 2005. In the UK charts, it peaked at #20.

In 2002, Sea Change was the only album that received a five star rating from Rolling Stone magazine, the highest rating. In 2003, the album was ranked number 440 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

It was released with four different album covers, each version containing distinct artwork on the CD and the booklet. There are also different hidden messages (lyrical snippets) written under each version's CD tray.
Apart from this Sea Change is also a corporation.

Answer 6

It means a dramatic change or paradigm shift. The phrase is supposed to be a cliche. It dates backs to the time of Shakespeare. Search for the passage in the Tempest. Fowler's modern English Usage abhors the usage.

Answer 7

In naval terms it may mean the tide or current has changed. It's also used a s a metaphor, like "step change", meaning a significant change.

Answer 8

You would have to take it in context and as you did not give us the full context...