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Webster 1913 Edition

Overseas

{

O′ver-sea′

,

O′ver-seas′

, }

adv.

Over the sea; abroad.

Milton.

Tennyson.

Definition 2024

overseas

overseas

English

Alternative forms

(British) oversea

Adjective

overseas ‎(not comparable)

Abroad.
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.
Her overseas trip went well.

Translations

abroad

Finnish: ulkomainen (fi)
German: Übersee-, im Ausland n, Auslands- (de)
Hebrew: חו"ל [Hul] from חוץ לארץ [huts laarets] out of country
Igbo: ùfèsị
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

across a sea

Catalan: ultramar
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

Norwegian:

Bokmål: oversjøisk

Nynorsk: oversjøisk
Portuguese: ultramarino (pt)
Russian: замо́рский (ru) ‎(zamórskij), заокеа́нский (ru) ‎(zaokeánskij) (transoceanic)
Spanish: ultramar (es)

Adverb

overseas ‎(not comparable)

Abroad.
He emigrated and now lives overseas.
Across a sea.

Translations

abroad

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海外 (zh) ‎(hǎiwài), 國外 (zh), 国外 (zh) ‎(guówài)
Dutch: in het buitenland
Finnish: ulkomailla, ulkomaille
French: à l'étranger
Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ ‎(sazɣvargaret)
German: im Ausland
Haitian Creole: aletranje
Hebrew: מעבר לים ‎(me'éver layám)
Irish: thar sáile

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: no exterior
Russian: за грани́цу ‎(za granícu), за рубе́ж ‎(za rubéž) (where to), за грани́цей (ru) ‎(za granícej), за рубежо́м ‎(za rubežóm) (where at)
Swedish: utomlands (sv)
Vietnamese: hải ngoại (vi), ngoài nước

across a sea

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海外 (zh) ‎(hǎiwài)
Finnish: merten (fi) pl takana/taakse
French: outre-mer (fr)
Georgian: ზღვისიქით ‎(zɣvisikit)
German: in Übersee

Irish: thar sáile
Japanese: 海外に (ja) ‎(かいがいに, kaigai ni)
Korean: 해외 (ko) ‎(hae-oe)
Hebrew: מעבר לים ‎(me'éver layám)
Russian: за́ мо́рем ‎(zá mórem) (where at), за́ мо́ре ‎(zá móre) (where to), че́рез мо́ре ‎(čérez móre) (where to)