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Oversea

//ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of overseas. British, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being or passing over or across the sea wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of overseas. British, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    beyond or across the sea wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.

Etymology 2

From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.

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