Definitions for oversea

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oversea o·ver·seas

Spelling: [adverb, noun oh-ver-seez; adjective oh-ver-

IPA: /adverb, noun ˌoʊ vərˈsiz; adjective ˈoʊ vərˈsiz/

Oversea is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in oversea (aeeorsv).

Definitions for oversea

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.

adverb

1. over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad:

adjective

1. of or relating to passage over the sea:
2. situated beyond the sea:
3. pertaining to countries, associations, activities, etc., beyond the sea:

Origin of oversea

before 1150; oversea (Middle English overse, Old English ofer sǣ; see over-, sea) + -s³ or

Examples for oversea

Newfoundland had set the pace for the other clans from oversea.

A few minor privileges had been accorded to these oversea dwellers, it is true.

There was nothing heterodox in the view put forward by this preacher from oversea.

Even when he deals with oversea expeditions, as he does at some length, his grip of the point is no closer.

But Napoleon's oversea move of nine years later was rash in the extreme.

In the English plan the oversea colonies are unrelated atoms.

"My private overland and oversea express," he called to Frederick.

Her area, exclusive of oversea possessions, was 11,373 square miles.

Dagda's cauldron came from Murias, probably an oversea world.

The oversea voyage possesses a greater appeal to the imagination.