overseas

1. 1
   adjective

   In or from a foreign country, often one across the ocean.

   My uncle has an overseas job and only visits us twice a year.

   Overseas students often miss the food they grew up with.

   Similarforeign, international

   Oppositedomestic

   Note
2. 2
   adverb

   In or to another country, away from home.

   My sister lives overseas and calls us every weekend.

   Many students want to study overseas after high school.

   Similarabroad

   Oppositedomestically, home

3. 3
   adverb

   Across a sea, or to a place on the other side of a sea.

   The company sends its cars overseas on huge ships.

   Grandpa sailed overseas when he was a young man.

   Similarabroad

   Oppositedomestically

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4. 4
   adjective

   Found on the other side of a sea, or crossing a sea to get there.

   Overseas shipping is slow because the boxes cross the ocean by boat.

   The sailors prepared for an overseas voyage that would take a month.

   Similartransoceanic, maritime, seaborne, intercontinental

   Oppositedomestic, inland

5. 5
   adjective

   Living in a country that is not your home country, as in overseas Chinese.

   Many overseas Chinese families keep their traditions alive in their new countries.

   The festival brought together overseas Indians from cities across Europe.

   Similarexpatriate

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