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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective Overseas.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To or in a place beyond the sea; abroad.
  • Foreign; from beyond the sea.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Beyond the sea; foreign.
  • adverb Over the sea; abroad.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chiefly UK Alternative spelling of overseas.
  • adverb chiefly UK Alternative spelling of overseas.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being or passing over or across the sea
  • adverb beyond or across the sea

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