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o⋅ver⋅seas

  [adv., n. oh-ver-seez; adj. oh-ver-seez]
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–adverb
1. over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to passage over the sea: overseas travel.
3. situated beyond the sea: overseas territories.
4. pertaining to countries, associations, activities, etc., beyond the sea: overseas military service; overseas commitments.
–noun
5. (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
Also, especially British, o⋅ver⋅sea  [adv. oh-ver-see; adj. oh-ver-see] (for defs. 1–4).

Origin:
bef. 1150; oversea (ME overse, OE ofer sǣ; see over-, sea ) + -s 3 or -s 1
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o·ver·sea   (ō'vər-sē', ō'vər-sē')   
adv.   & adj.
Overseas.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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