What does overseas mean?
Definitions for overseas
ˌoʊ vərˈsiz; ˈoʊ vərˈsiz; ˌoʊ vərˈsi; ˈoʊ vərˈsiover·seas
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Princeton's WordNet
abroad, overseasadjective
in a foreign country
"markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
oversea, overseasadverb
being or passing over or across the sea
"some overseas trade in grain arose"
oversea, overseasadverb
beyond or across the sea
"He lived overseas for many years"
overseas, abroadadverb
in a place across an ocean
Wiktionary
overseasadverb
Abroad.
Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
overseasadverb
Across a sea.
Her overseas trip went well.
overseasadjective
Abroad.
Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
overseasadjective
Living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
overseasadjective
Across a sea.
Her overseas trip went well.
Wikipedia
Overseas
Diaspora, a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate locale Expatriate, a person residing in a country other than their native country Overseas Chinese Overseas Citizenship of India Overseas Filipinos Overseas Filipino Worker Overseas VietnameseOutremer or Crusader states, four Roman Catholic polities Overseas collectivity, an administrative division of France Overseas constituency, an electoral district outside of a nation-state's borders Overseas countries and territories, territories dependent on an EU member state Overseas country of France, a designation for French Polynesia Overseas department and region, a department of overseas France Overseas France, the French-administered territories outside Europe Overseas province, a non-continental holding of Portugal Overseas territory, a separated dependent or constituent part of a country
ChatGPT
overseas
Overseas refers to countries or places across the sea, away from one's home country. It can describe places, activities, or entities that are located, taking place, or originating outside of one's home country. This term is commonly used to indicate foreign countries or regions, particularly those separated by an ocean or sea.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'overseas' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3613
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'overseas' in Adverbs Frequency: #399
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'overseas' in Adjectives Frequency: #486
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of overseas in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of overseas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of overseas in a Sentence
Immigration Studies analyst Jessica Vaughan:
We're creating a group of sort of pseudo citizens who live overseas, but can take advantage of the fact that they are U.S. citizens on paper, there is no question this is a threat to our national interest at worst. At best, it is something very distasteful because it cheapens U.S. citizenship.
This is particularly critical for gas users in the southern states, who are likely to become increasingly reliant on gas from interstate or overseas.
Lots of elected officials as well as public health officers were telling people to wear masks as part of their civic duty, they were trying to tap into this idea that if you couldn't be over there fighting alongside our boys overseas, you could be doing your part here on the home front.
A federal government approach that is overly prescriptive regarding the deployment of new hardware and software will deter the private sector’s ability to invent and compete in the marketplace, worse, it will drive us to relocate our business planning and R&D overseas, where we are being welcomed by foreign countries eager for investment in this new technology area.
Index inclusion will bring more long-term institutional investors into the A-shares market...which will change the market structure, as overseas investors become more active in the market, so listed companies in China will be under tougher scrutiny and they'll have to bring their disclosure and governance practices into line with international standards.
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Translations for overseas
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- ما وراء البحارArabic
- ultramarCatalan, Valencian
- oversøiskDanish
- Ausland, in Übersee, im AuslandGerman
- transmarejoEsperanto
- ultramarSpanish
- ulkomainen, ulkomaille, merentakainen, ulkomailla, meriFinnish
- outre-mer, outremerFrench
- מעבר ליםHebrew
- aletranjeHaitian Creole
- ùfèsị, na ùfèsị mmiriIgbo
- estero, oltremareItalian
- 国外, 海外Japanese
- ಸಾಗರೋತ್ತರKannada
- 국외, 해외Korean
- overzees, [[in]] [[het]] [[buitenland]]Dutch
- ultramarPortuguese
- за́ мо́ре, за рубежо́м, заграни́чный, иностра́нный, че́рез мо́ре, за рубе́ж, за грани́цу, замо́рский, за грани́цей, заокеа́нский, за́ мо́ремRussian
- inostranstvoSerbo-Croatian
- utomlandsSwedish
- hải ngoại, ngoài nướcVietnamese
- 海外Chinese
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