overseas

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.
- 2016 October 18, Stephen Curry, “Why the Higher Education and Research Bill must be amended”, in The Guardian‎:
  The reputations of our universities and our research base are already under threat because of the fallout from the EU referendum result, which is making the UK an unfriendlier place for overseas scholars and students, as well as cutting off access to an important stream of research funding and to a vibrant and well-developed ecosystem for collaborative work.
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), ultramarino (es) m, ultramaro m, transmarino m
Thai: โพ้นทะเล (th) (póon-tálee), ข้ามทะเล (kâam-tálee)
Turkish: denizaşırı (tr)

overseas (not comparable)

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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