oversea
adverb
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L333551 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L339040 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ / [ˌəʊ̯.vəˈsiː] / /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Alternative form of overseas.
“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.”
adv
Etymology: 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.
- Alternative form of overseas.