Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Located in, coming from, or relating to countries across the sea from one's own country: Describes something that exists, originates, or involves nations separated by an ocean.
   • Foreign: Pertaining to or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

2. Adverb:

   • In or to a foreign country across the sea: Indicates the location or direction of movement to a nation beyond the ocean.

Usage

• Adjective: Typically used before a noun to modify it. It describes the nature or origin of the noun.
• Adverb: Used to modify a verb, indicating where an action takes place or a direction.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company has several overseas offices. (The company's offices are located in foreign countries.)
  • She received an overseas call from her family. (The call originated from a foreign country.)
• Adverb:
  • He worked overseas for a decade. (He worked in a foreign country for ten years.)
  • They are traveling overseas next month. (They are going to a foreign country next month.)

Advanced Usage

• "From overseas": Used to indicate origin from a foreign country.
  • We have a visitor from overseas. (We have a visitor who came from a foreign country.)
• "Go overseas": A common phrase meaning to travel to a foreign country.
  • After graduation, she plans to go overseas. (After graduation, she plans to travel to a foreign country.)

Variants and Related Words

• Overseas (noun, plural): Sometimes used informally to refer to foreign countries collectively.
  • He has spent most of his life in the overseas. (He has spent most of his life in foreign countries.)
• Overseas student: A student who comes from a foreign country to study. (Note: This is a compound noun where "overseas" functions as an adjective.)

Synonyms

• Abroad (adv, adj): In or to a foreign country.
• Foreign (adj): Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.

Antonyms

• Domestic (adj): Of or relating to one's own country.
• Home (adj, adv): In or to one's own country or place of residence.

Related Phrases

• Overseas investment: Investment made in foreign countries.
• Overseas territory: A territory belonging to a country but located in a different part of the world, often across an ocean.

Adjective

1. being or passing over or across the sea
   • some overseas trade in grain arose
2. in a foreign country
   • markets abroad
   • overseas markets

Adverb

1. in a place across an ocean
2. beyond or across the sea
   • He lived overseas for many years