overseas

«overseas» in Mova's school dictionary: in or to another country, especially one across the sea — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (overseas); adjective (overseas)

meaning for a pupil

1) Overseas means in or to another country, especially one across the sea. tree →

2) As an adjective it describes something from or in a foreign country: overseas visitors. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is about travel, holidays, family abroad and trade: «my cousin lives overseas». In geography it is used for imports, exports and countries over the ocean. For the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, almost every trip abroad is overseas. Phrases: «go overseas», «from overseas», «overseas students».

examples

• My aunt works overseas. tree →
• We are going overseas for the holidays. tree →
• Many fruits are shipped from overseas. tree →
• Overseas visitors love the museum. tree →
• He sent a parcel to his friend overseas. tree →
• The school has some overseas pupils. tree →
• Calls overseas used to be very expensive. tree →
• Australia buys some cars from overseas. tree →

note

One word, no «s» trap: «overseas» even for one country. Similar to «abroad», but «abroad» is only an adverb («go abroad»), while «overseas» can also go before a noun («overseas trade»).

In the corpora

• France uses 12 time zones, more than any other country, if its overseas territories are counted.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overseas» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.