Overseas
adverb
In, to, or from a foreign country, especially those across the sea.
She has relatives overseas.
Often appears as...
- move overseas
- live overseas
adjective
Connected with foreign countries, especially those across the sea.
Overseas markets are becoming more important.
Often appears as...
- overseas business
- overseas travel
adjective
Located or coming from over the sea.
Our firm is receiving increasing attention from overseas investors.
Often appears as...
- overseas branch
- overseas investment
adverb
In, to, or from a foreign country, especially those across the sea.
She has relatives overseas.
Often appears as...
- move overseas
- live overseas
adjective
Connected with foreign countries, especially those across the sea.
Overseas markets are becoming more important.
Often appears as...
- overseas business
- overseas travel
adjective
Located or coming from over the sea.
Our firm is receiving increasing attention from overseas investors.
Often appears as...
- overseas branch
- overseas investment
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Distance
Refers to long-distance travel or relationships involving separate countries.
She studied overseas in Australia for a year.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Exposure
Indicates exposure to different cultures and experiences not found within one's home country.
He gained valuable experience working overseas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Touristy
Can imply more than just a vacation, including work, study, or residency.
My parents retired and moved overseas to Spain.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Distance
Refers to long-distance travel or relationships involving separate countries.
She studied overseas in Australia for a year.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Exposure
Indicates exposure to different cultures and experiences not found within one's home country.
He gained valuable experience working overseas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Touristy
Can imply more than just a vacation, including work, study, or residency.
My parents retired and moved overseas to Spain.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographical Distance
Refers to long-distance travel or relationships involving separate countries.
She studied overseas in Australia for a year.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Exposure
Indicates exposure to different cultures and experiences not found within one's home country.
He gained valuable experience working overseas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Touristy
Can imply more than just a vacation, including work, study, or residency.
My parents retired and moved overseas to Spain.
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Video examples
Wes Moore: How to talk...
They signed up because they were angry and they wanted to do something about it. They signed up because their family said this was important. They signed up because they wanted some form of revenge. They signed for a whole collection of different reasons. And now we all found ourselves overseas fighting in these conflicts.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and then providing that information to state-owned enterprises or companies connected to the government to help them leapfrog technology or to gain business intelligence that's then used to win contracts overseas. That is a hugely costly set of activities that's going on right now.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
It will be an amazing experience." My first overseas experience in fact. So my parents encouraged me to do it. I left. I arrived in Tokyo. Amazing. I couldn't believe I was on the other side of the world. I met my host family. Things went quite well I think, all things considered.
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3 ways to build a happy...
big decisions, like buying a house, overseas trips, buying a car, having children. But when Gottman drilled down on this data, what he found was that women were generally pretty influenceable. Guess where the problem lay? Yeah, there's only two options here, isn't there?
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Meth Smuggling Model PIPE...
got to get a gift set today that had bath salts in them. And that's what I'm thinking as I'm getting told to pull my midsection in. I lived a double life. By day, I'm a swimsuit model gracing the pages of magazines, nighttime I'm packaging drugs to send overseas.
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Meet global corruption's...
the World Bank looked at 200 cases of corruption it found that over seventy percent of those cases had used anonymous shell companies totaling almost fifty six billion dollars now many of these companies were in america and the united kingdom its overseas
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Homing Pigeon: A...
the case with some racing pigeons hundreds of miles overseas what routes are they taking what senses are they using it's kind of a mystery to everyone how they home I I have no idea to tell you the honest truth nobody really knows there theories
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How I accidentally...
in the triage of finding movies to make and making them, there's a lot of relying on conventional wisdom. And that conventional wisdom, maybe, just maybe, might be wrong to even greater consequence. Films about black people don't sell overseas.
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Bran Ferren: To create...
apparently avoiding electrocution. Life was good. However, every summer, sadly, the machines got left behind while my parents and I traveled overseas to experience history, art and design. We visited the great museums and historic buildings
Video examples
An inside look at...
identity crisis that would manifest later on in high school I wasn't bullied in high school I wasn't picked on we were one of the cool kids but one day when my parents were gone overseas
Video examples
Wes Moore: How to talk...
They signed up because they were angry and they wanted to do something about it. They signed up because their family said this was important. They signed up because they wanted some form of revenge. They signed for a whole collection of different reasons. And now we all found ourselves overseas fighting in these conflicts.
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and then providing that information to state-owned enterprises or companies connected to the government to help them leapfrog technology or to gain business intelligence that's then used to win contracts overseas. That is a hugely costly set of activities that's going on right now.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
It will be an amazing experience." My first overseas experience in fact. So my parents encouraged me to do it. I left. I arrived in Tokyo. Amazing. I couldn't believe I was on the other side of the world. I met my host family. Things went quite well I think, all things considered.
Video examples
3 ways to build a happy...
big decisions, like buying a house, overseas trips, buying a car, having children. But when Gottman drilled down on this data, what he found was that women were generally pretty influenceable. Guess where the problem lay? Yeah, there's only two options here, isn't there?
Video examples
Meth Smuggling Model PIPE...
got to get a gift set today that had bath salts in them. And that's what I'm thinking as I'm getting told to pull my midsection in. I lived a double life. By day, I'm a swimsuit model gracing the pages of magazines, nighttime I'm packaging drugs to send overseas.
Video examples
Meet global corruption's...
the World Bank looked at 200 cases of corruption it found that over seventy percent of those cases had used anonymous shell companies totaling almost fifty six billion dollars now many of these companies were in america and the united kingdom its overseas
Video examples
Homing Pigeon: A...
the case with some racing pigeons hundreds of miles overseas what routes are they taking what senses are they using it's kind of a mystery to everyone how they home I I have no idea to tell you the honest truth nobody really knows there theories
Video examples
How I accidentally...
in the triage of finding movies to make and making them, there's a lot of relying on conventional wisdom. And that conventional wisdom, maybe, just maybe, might be wrong to even greater consequence. Films about black people don't sell overseas.
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
apparently avoiding electrocution. Life was good. However, every summer, sadly, the machines got left behind while my parents and I traveled overseas to experience history, art and design. We visited the great museums and historic buildings
Video examples
An inside look at...
identity crisis that would manifest later on in high school I wasn't bullied in high school I wasn't picked on we were one of the cool kids but one day when my parents were gone overseas
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.
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Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
For me, it's more about being there, bearing witness to history, bearing witness to what's happening, what our country, the position our country is taking overseas. I want policy-makers to see the fruits of their decisions, basically, and to try and influence foreign policy.
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Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Businessman
I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment, I just wanted in my life to go overseas - that was a childhood dream because I wanted diversity, contacts, cultural meetings with others.
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Udonis Haslem
American Athlete
A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier.
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Masashi Kishimoto
Japanese Artist
I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.
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George Clooney
American Actor
I enjoy living in a nice house and having a nice life. So I do two or three commercials overseas a year to sort of fill in, because they pay pretty well.
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Gerald Green
American Athlete
Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that's what I did.
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
I have never had doubts about the courage of the young men and women we sent overseas wearing the uniform.
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Henny Youngman
American Comedian
If you had your life to live over again, do it overseas.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.
Quote examples
Lynsey Addario
American Photographer
For me, it's more about being there, bearing witness to history, bearing witness to what's happening, what our country, the position our country is taking overseas. I want policy-makers to see the fruits of their decisions, basically, and to try and influence foreign policy.
Quote examples
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Businessman
I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment, I just wanted in my life to go overseas - that was a childhood dream because I wanted diversity, contacts, cultural meetings with others.
Quote examples
Udonis Haslem
American Athlete
A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier.
Quote examples
Masashi Kishimoto
Japanese Artist
I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.
Quote examples
George Clooney
American Actor
I enjoy living in a nice house and having a nice life. So I do two or three commercials overseas a year to sort of fill in, because they pay pretty well.
Quote examples
Gerald Green
American Athlete
Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that's what I did.
Quote examples
Letitia James
American Public Servant
I have never had doubts about the courage of the young men and women we sent overseas wearing the uniform.
Quote examples
Henny Youngman
American Comedian
If you had your life to live over again, do it overseas.
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