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overseas - 3 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅seas

[adv., n. oh-ver-seez; adj. oh-ver-seez]
–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
o·ver·seas   (ō'vər-sēz', ō'vər-sēz')   
adv.  Beyond the sea; abroad.
adj.  Of, relating to, originating in, or situated in countries across the sea.

overseas 
1583, from over + sea. Popularized WWI as a British euphemism for "colonial."
Language Translation for : overseas
French: d'outre-mer; outre-mer,
German: nach Übersee, Übersee-…,
Japanese: 海外の
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