overseas.
Abroad, especially across the sea.
Meaning & usage
Abroad, especially across the sea.
Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
Used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.
Her overseas trip went well.
Where this word comes from
From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea + -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
Abroad.
He emigrated and now lives overseas.
Across a sea; to an area across a sea.
She travelled overseas.
Where this word comes from
From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea + -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
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