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OVERSEAS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a foreign country
Example:
overseas markets
Synonyms:
abroad; overseas
Classified under:
Similar:
foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being or passing over or across the sea
Example:
some overseas trade in grain arose
Synonyms:
oversea; overseas
Classified under:
Similar:
marine (relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a place across an ocean
Synonyms:
abroad; overseas
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beyond or across the sea
Example:
He lived overseas for many years
Synonyms:
oversea; overseas
Classified under:
Context examples:
Saturn will be close to the Sun, a depressing aspect, so you might have to delay something you want to do or buy, such as acquire a new car or computer or take an overseas trip.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
An eclipse like the one January 10 will sometimes eclipse out a person from your life—so, for example, you might hear that your roommate is suddenly about to move out, or your nanny who cares for your children and lives with your family may announce she is returning home overseas.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You may be completing an important overseas trip during the full moon of February 8-9 or, if you are a professor or instructor at a college, completing your syllabus to give to the Dean.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Wild rumors were circulating about her—how her mother had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say goodbye to a soldier who was going overseas.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
On a chance we tried an important-looking door, and walked into a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
