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overseas

o·ver·seas
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [adverb, noun oh-ver-seez; adjective oh-ver-seez]
    • /adverb, noun ˌoʊ vərˈsiz; adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsiz/
    • /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiːz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [adverb, noun oh-ver-seez; adjective oh-ver-seez]
    • /adverb, noun ˌoʊ vərˈsiz; adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsiz/

Definitions of overseas word

  • adverb overseas over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas. 1
  • adjective overseas of or relating to passage over the sea: overseas travel. 1
  • adjective overseas situated beyond the sea: overseas territories. 1
  • adjective overseas pertaining to countries, associations, activities, etc., beyond the sea: overseas military service; overseas commitments. 1
  • noun overseas (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean. 1
  • adverb overseas across the sea 1
See all 17 definitions of overseas

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Origin of overseas

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; oversea (Middle English overse, Old English ofer sǣ; see over-, sea) + -s3 or -s1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Overseas

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Overseas

overseas popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

overseas usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for overseas

adj overseas

  • abroad — If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea.
  • foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.

adjective overseas

  • across — If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other.
  • colonial — Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism.
  • nonnative — of or relating to a language that is not the first language acquired by a person: It is harder to communicate in your nonnative language.
  • nonresident — not resident in a particular place.
All 6 Synonyms of overseas

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Related words

  • abroad

    If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea.

  • air-ship

    to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.

  • airmail

    Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air.

  • american depository receipt

    a negotiable receipt similar to a stock certificate, registered in the owner's name and showing ownership of shares in a foreign company, held by a foreign branch of a U.S. bank or its overseas correspondent bank.

  • angola

    a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fertile plateau in the east. Currency: kwanza. Religion: Christian majority. Capital: Luanda. Pop: 18 565 269 (2013 est). Area: 1 246 693 sq km (481 351 sq miles)

  • black-bag

    of, relating to, or distributing money for expenses that has been diverted from the regular budget: Black-bag funds have paid for much overseas travel by the military.
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