overseas
over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
of or relating to passage over the sea: overseas travel.
situated beyond the sea: overseas territories.
pertaining to countries, associations, activities, etc., beyond the sea: overseas military service; overseas commitments.
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
Origin of overseas
1- Also especially British, o·ver·sea [adverb oh-ver-see; adjective oh-ver-see] /adverb ˌoʊ vərˈsi; adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsi/ (for defs. 1-4).
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How to use overseas in a sentence
Corea toured constantly overseas and across America, using a tour bus once owned by country star Merle Haggard.
Chick Corea, versatile pianist who made jazz eclectic and electric, dies at 79 | Matt Schudel | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostMeanwhile, players with no interest in attending school have had to find creative alternatives, mostly overseas, for their NBA-mandated gap years.
An NBA experiment lets draft prospects skip college, stay home and get paid to play | Michael Lee | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostSince most US cruise ships are registered overseas, the Passenger Vessels Service Act means all cruises to Alaska include a stop at a Canadian port.
The cruise industry has received yet another blow, this time from Canada | Karen Ho | February 8, 2021 | QuartzBy the 1970s, population growth, coupled with rising inflation and competition from rebuilt overseas economies, led to budget problems for state governments.
Sports gambling could be the pandemic’s biggest winner | Jonathan D. Cohen | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostAmazon might seem an unstoppable force in the US, but the picture has often looked different overseas.
Covid lockdowns are supercharging Amazon’s international business | Marc Bain | February 3, 2021 | Quartz
At least 70 percent of the children were adopted from overseas, including Russia, China, Ethiopia and Ukraine.
Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.
In the early 1900s, fashion forgers often sketched designs they saw in Paris shows and sold reproductions in France and overseas.
The bill also provided $64 billion in war funding through the overseas Contingency Operations account.
It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.
Aging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White House | Romina Ruiz-Goiriena | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHer flower in one hand and the umbrella making a bright halo round her, she looks like a little idol from overseas.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceSome Americans and Canadians may not want to go overseas; they may be opposed to fighting; they may think they are not needed.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatFor every overseas soldier wounded on the western front there are six of the Imperial troops wounded.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatThe British have five million troops under arms, of which only one-fifth are overseas.
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
British Dictionary definitions for overseas
beyond the sea; abroad
of, to, in, from, or situated in countries beyond the sea
Also: oversea (ˌəʊvəˈsiː) of or relating to passage over the sea
(functioning as singular) informal a foreign country or foreign countries collectively
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