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adverb
- 1. in or to a foreign country, especially one across the sea: "he spent quite a lot of time working overseas"
adjective
- 1. from, to, or relating to a foreign country, especially one across the sea: "overseas trips"
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in, from, or connected with another country or countries, especially across the sea: We need to open up overseas markets. In the following years, he expanded the firm's overseas operations. overseas investment/investors Finance ministers have struggled to attract overseas investors.
in, from, or connected with another country or countries, especially across the sea: We need to open up overseas markets. In the following years, he expanded the firm's overseas operations. overseas investment/investors Finance ministers have struggled to attract overseas investors.
1. : of or relating to movement, transport, or communication over the sea. an overseas liner. 2. : situated, originating in, or relating to lands beyond the sea. overseas installations. overseas immigrants. Examples of overseas in a Sentence. Adverb The troops were sent overseas. Recent Examples on the Web. Adverb.
Overseas definition: over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad. See examples of OVERSEAS used in a sentence.
If someone goes overseas, they've gone "over" the "seas" — to a foreign country. When overseas came into use, there were no airplanes, so technically speaking, one traveled "across" or "on" the seas, in a ship.
You use overseas to describe things that involve or are in foreign countries, usually across a sea or an ocean. He has returned from his long overseas trip. American English : overseas / oʊvərˈsiz /
/ˌəʊvərˈsiːz/ connected with foreign countries, especially those separated from your country by the sea or ocean. The firm is expanding into overseas markets. overseas development/trade. overseas visitors/students. This was her first overseas trip as prime minister. compare home. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Overseas is used in front of a noun to describe things relating to countries across the sea from your own country. Overseas has a similar meaning to 'foreign', but is more formal. You use it especially when talking about trade, finance, and travel.
What does the word overseas mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word overseas. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word overseas? About 7 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word overseas pronounced?
adjective [ always before noun ] uk/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. B2. in, to, or from another country: an overseas student. overseas. adverb. to live / work overseas. (Definition of overseas from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of overseas. in Chinese (Traditional)
