overseas
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈsiːz/
- Many students dream of studying overseas to experience different cultures and education systems.
- overseas travel
- overseas market
- overseas investment
Then Mayor Pete weighed in on America's overseas wars.
- Then Mayor Pete weighed in on America's overseas wars.
- So I started ordering I guess it's called the grey market because basically you're ordering overseas prescription hormones.
- But right now it, it seems like industry leaders are quote scrambling to find overseas mines to place our mining devices.
- My wife used to send me pounds of these overseas pounds.
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Israel is also an attractive site for overseas investors, particularly in the high-tech area.
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All the TCK respondents noted that they enjoy benefits from their overseas experiences.
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In other cases, the parties agree that an overseas bank will purchase the ship.
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This is my second overseas adventure in a month.
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Now, urban Chinese enjoy overseas travel to study, work, or play.
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Large private and public institutions first became involved in providing overseas opportunities for their students during the 1960s.
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Powerful German merchants started to profit from overseas commerce in Asia and Africa.
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The Darden College of Education has initiated an overseas student teaching program with several cities in England.
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During her studies, she decided to take an overseas internship in Australia for the summer.
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He moved to an overseas location to expand his business operations and reach new markets.
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Etymology
Overseas comes from the parts over and seas, originally meaning 'over the sea' or 'across the sea'. So an overseas job or study is one in a foreign country across the water.