oversea

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈoʊvɚˌsi/ UK /ˈəʊvəˌsiː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

oversee /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/

Meanings

1

adj
across or beyond the sea; overseas (archaic or literary form)

Letters from her oversea relatives took weeks to arrive.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · across or beyond the sea;... overseas foreigntransmarine

Opposites

domestic inland home

Word family

Related forms overseas sea

Etymology

From Old English ofersǣ ('beyond the sea'), from ofer ('over, beyond') plus sǣ ('sea'). The archaic or literary form of overseas.

ofer Old English sǣ Old English

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction Register & Style

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# oversea

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈoʊvɚˌsi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈəʊvəˌsiː/

## Meanings
1. across or beyond the sea; overseas (archaic or literary form)

## Examples
- Letters from her oversea relatives took weeks to arrive.

## Synonyms
- overseas
- foreign
- transmarine

## Antonyms
- domestic
- inland
- home

## Related Forms
- overseas
- sea

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofer
- Root: sǣ

## Etymology
From Old English ofersǣ ('beyond the sea'), from ofer ('over, beyond') plus sǣ ('sea'). The archaic or literary form of overseas.

## AI Etymology
Oversea is from Old English ofersǣ ('beyond the sea'), from ofer ('over, beyond') plus sǣ ('sea'). The archaic or literary form of overseas. Important recorded forms include ofer (Old English) and sǣ (Old English). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers across or beyond the sea; overseas (archaic or literary form). The wider family includes related words such as overseas and sea.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Register & Style

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