overseas
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2.3
- adverb
- /ˌoʊvərˈsiːz/
:
en el extranjero
- Many students hope to study overseas to experience different cultures.
- go overseas
- travel overseas
- live overseas
My brothers, one brother was overseas for four years.
- My brothers, one brother was overseas for four years.
- And these people went overseas and became heroes.
- I did three years there, went overseas with the Marine Pathfinders.
- And I say tours lightly overseas for the military.
- I think that, you know, when people work overseas, they make really good money.
- What when you were overseas and deploying and on missions, did you pray?
- And I've operated around China overseas several times.
- And there are people back home and we are overseas that are screaming their brains out.
- Like we've known each other for, you know, been overseas and all this stuff.
- So I started making trips overseas to do reporting from Iraq, Syria.
- They and we have literally bought machines from overseas and brought them back to America.
- So we hear all the time how black films do not sell overseas, which is totally false.
- I spend some time overseas and sort of have that structure around me.
Examples
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In general, the effects of American motion pictures overseas were uncertain and unpredictable.
Academic text (1991) -
First, respondents found that teaching overseas made them more attuned and open to diverse pupil populations.
Academic text (2015) -
And I was overseas before that in West Germany.
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I think that, you know, when people work overseas, they make really good money.
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Well, then, you ought to go overseas when this pandemic ends.
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Did you know that I served overseas?
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And these people went overseas and became heroes.
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The number of students who go overseas to study either long-term or short-term is also increasing.
Academic text (1990) -
Her parents won't be going overseas now... they'll have to cancel their trip.
Fiction book (1994) -
After living overseas for several years, he returned with new perspectives.
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Etymology
Overseas comes from the simple parts over and seas, which mean 'over the sea' or 'across the sea'. So when you go overseas, you travel to a foreign country across the water.