overseas
adverb
over·seas
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Definition of overseas
(Entry 1 of 2)
: beyond or across the sea
lived overseas for a time
overseas
adjective
over·seas
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Definition of overseas (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: of or relating to movement, transport, or communication over the sea
an overseas liner
2
: situated, originating in, or relating to lands beyond the sea
overseas installations overseas immigrants
Examples of overseas in a Sentence
Adverb
The troops were sent overseas.Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Traders pivoted to riskier holdings Wednesday as encouraging developments overseas helped alleviate anxiety over the global economy. — Washington Post, "Markets Right Now: Tech leads a broad rally on Wall Street," 6 Sep. 2019 Expanding Overseas Any successor to Yanai would inherit one of Japan’s more recognizable global brands, after Fast Retailing fought off domestic doldrums by expanding Uniqlo overseas. — Grace Huang, Fortune, "Uniqlo’s Billionaire Founder Wants a Woman to Succeed Him," 4 Sep. 2019 The president moved to deny automatic citizenship to children born overseas to some U.S. parents who are in the military or government service. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Another Trump whirlwind week on immigration and the border," 1 Sep. 2019 Netflix's new romantic comedy, Falling Inn Love, tells a love story set in a picture-perfect town overseas. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Netflix's New Movie 'Falling Inn Love' Was Filmed in the Most Charming Real-Life Town," 31 Aug. 2019 Kerry, in turn, asked Johnson to accept a post as a communications strategist, one who would have intimate access to the secretary on all of his missions overseas. — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "A fond look back on John Kerry’s tenure as secretary of state," 3 July 2019 Vaden spent the next decade chasing his superstar dream -- overseas and in the G-league -- always missing the chance to move up to the NBA. — Indianapolis Star, "IU's Robert Vaden back in Indiana, chasing greatness," 21 June 2019 Lang also played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA), Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and International Basketball League (IBL), and overseas in the Philippines and Japan. — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Cavaliers hire Antonio Lang from Utah Jazz as assistant coach," 19 June 2019 And those kinds of things will be initially done by people overseas or in poor rural communities in the U.S., probably poor rural communities first. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Full Q&A: ‘Temp’ author Louis Hyman on Recode Decode," 29 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
That overseas trouble has started to infect American factories, which are contracting for the first time in a decade. — Matt Egan, CNN, "How Trump's tax cuts and the trade war have set the stage for a self-inflicted recession," 23 Aug. 2019 That means either overseas Chinese are involved, or netizens with access to online tools that allow them to vault the firewall. — The Economist, "China’s thin-skinned online nationalists want to be both loved and feared by the West," 22 Aug. 2019 In the 1950s, American popular rhythm and blues music spread overseas to Jamaica, and the sounds had a massive impact on the culture of the island. — Estelle Caswell, Vox, "Where Sicko Mode’s weirdest moments came from," 20 Aug. 2019 This changes how an overseas Chinese student feels. — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, "The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News," 19 Aug. 2019 Proponents of Warren’s plan might argue that this would benefit workers in the U.S., by saving jobs from unfair overseas competition by countries that abuse their workers and despoil their environments. — Noah Smith, Twin Cities, "Noah Smith: Warren’s trade plan does poor nations no favors," 16 Aug. 2019 In similar fashion, Warren—who joined the Senate Armed Services Committee after the 2016 election and enjoyed overseas trips with John McCain—had not, at press time, produced her own detailed policy paper for cutting the Pentagon budget. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, "Arguing the World," 15 Aug. 2019 The company’s website has been down for months, its held a depressing clearance sale at a volleyball tournament and canceled its overseas camps. — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, "Lonzo Ball told LaVar that Big Baller Brand is 'demolished'," 14 Aug. 2019 But as companies like Alibaba, apps like WeChat, and models like bike-sharing took off, China’s startup scene began to exert a growing pull on overseas Chinese. — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, "WFH: Chinese Engineers Abroad Come Back," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overseas.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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overseas
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of overseas
: in or to a foreign country that is across a sea or ocean
overseas
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over·seas
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Kids Definition of overseas
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to or in a foreign country that is across the sea
I lived overseas.
overseas
adjectiveKids Definition of overseas (Entry 2 of 2)
: involving, occurring in, or intended for lands across the sea
overseas trade
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