Overseas

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oversea \O"ver*sea"\, Overseas \O"ver*seas"\, adv.
     Over the sea; abroad. --Milton. --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  overseas
       adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
              [syn: {abroad}]
       2: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas
          trade in grain arose" [syn: {oversea}]
       adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years"
              [syn: {oversea}]
       2: in a place across an ocean [syn: {beyond the sea}, {over the
          sea}, {abroad}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "overseas":
     abroad, across the sea, alien, away from home, beyond seas, exotic,
     foreign, in foreign parts, nonresident, not in residence, on leave,
     on sabbatical leave, on the road, on tour, over the water, oversea,
     strange, tramontane, transalpine, transarctic, transatlantic,
     transcontinental, transequatorial, transmarine, transmontane,
     transoceanic, transpacific, transpolar, transpontine, ultramarine,
     ultramontane, ultramundane