overseas

Meanings

Adjective

Abroad.
: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.

Adverb

Abroad.
Across a sea; to an area across a sea.

Origin

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

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