overseas

English

From earlier oversea, equivalent to oversea +‎ -s. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzees, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/
Homophones: oversees
Rhymes: -iːz

overseas (not comparable)

Abroad.
Synonyms: transmarine, (archaic) ultramarine

Antonym: domestic

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.

abroad

Finnish: ulkomainen (fi)
French: outre-mer (fr)
German: Übersee-, im Ausland n, Auslands-
Hebrew: מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (he) (me'éver layyám)
Igbo: ùfèsị
Irish: thar lear
Italian: estero (it)
Japanese: 海外の (ja) (かいがいの, kaigai no)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oversjøisk

Nynorsk: oversjøisk
Portuguese: do exterior
Russian: заграни́чный (ru) (zagraníčnyj), иностра́нный (ru) (inostránnyj), зарубе́жный (ru) (zarubéžnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: inostranstvo n
Thai: โพ้นทะเล (th) (póon-tálee)

across a sea

Catalan: ultramar (ca)
Dutch: overzees (nl)
Esperanto: transmarejo
Finnish: merentakainen
French: outre-mer (fr)
Georgian: ზღვისიქითა (zɣvisikita), ზღვისიქითური (zɣvisikituri)
Hungarian: tengerentúli (hu)
Igbo: na ùfèsị mmiri
Italian: oltremare (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oversjøisk

Nynorsk: oversjøisk
Polish: zamorski (pl)
Portuguese: ultramarino (pt)
Russian: замо́рский (ru) (zamórskij), заокеа́нский (ru) (zaokeánskij) (transoceanic)
Spanish: ultramar (es)
Thai: โพ้นทะเล (th) (póon-tálee), ข้ามทะเล (kâam-tálee)
Turkish: denizaşırı (tr)

overseas (not comparable)

Abroad.
He emigrated and now lives overseas.
Across a sea; to an area across a sea.
She travelled overseas.
- 1988, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Orange Crush”, in Green:
  I've had my fun and now it's time to send / Your conscience overseas / Coming in fast / Over me

abroad

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài), 國外／国外 (zh) (guówài)
Dutch: in het buitenland
Finnish: ulkomailla (fi), ulkomaille
French: à l’étranger
Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ (sazɣvargaret)
German: im Ausland
Haitian Creole: aletranje
Hebrew: מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (he) (me'éver layyám)
Irish: thar sáile, thar lear
Italian: all'estero
Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni), 国外に (ja) (こくがいに, kokugai ni)
Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae'oe), 국외 (gugoe)
Maori: rāwāhi
Portuguese: exterior (pt), estrangeiro (pt)
Russian: за грани́цу (za granícu), за рубе́ж (za rubéž) (where to), за грани́цей (ru) (za granícej), за рубежо́м (ru) (za rubežóm) (where at)
Scottish Gaelic: (location) thall thairis, an cèin, (movement) a-null thairis
Swedish: utomlands (sv)
Thai: โพ้นทะเล (th) (póon-tálee)
Vietnamese: hải ngoại (vi), ngoài nước

across a sea

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài)
Finnish: merten takana, merten taakse
French: outre-mer (fr)
Georgian: ზღვისიქით (zɣvisikit)
German: in Übersee
Hebrew: מעבר לים (he) (me'éver layám)
Irish: thar sáile
Italian: oltremare (it)
Japanese: 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni)
Korean: 해외 (ko) (hae'oe)
Portuguese: além-mar (pt) m, ultramar (pt) m
Russian: за́ мо́рем (zá mórem) (where at), за́ мо́ре (zá móre) (where to), че́рез мо́ре (čérez móre) (where to)
Scottish Gaelic: thar sàile, thar chuain, (poetic) thar lear
Thai: โพ้นทะเล (th) (póon-tálee), ข้ามทะเล (kâam-tálee)

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