Overseas can be categorized as an adverb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| oversea - being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" | ||
Adverb |
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| overseas - in a place across an ocean | ||
| overseas - beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" |
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| 1. | adv. | He lived overseas for many years. | |
| 2. | adv. | In Fall 2004, MSNBC, relying on an unnamed FBI spokesperson, reports that the FBI has narrowed the pool of labs known to have had Ames that was a match from 16 to 4 but cannot rule out that it was made overseas. | |
| 3. | adv. | Everybody seems to flee this country and move overseas, to Australia, etc. | |
| 4. | adv. | At the moment if you move overseas you can only come back to New Zealand for a short amount of time before they'll force you cough up. | |
| 5. | adv. | And all that time you're overseas you'll be racking up interest. | |
| 6. | adv. | Many young Japanese travel overseas these days. | |
| 7. | adv. | Shareholders were concerned about the company's swift expansion overseas. | |
| 8. | adv. | I haven't heard from my son who is overseas. | |
| 9. | adv. | The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year. | |
| 10. | adv. | The cost of flying overseas has risen with the cost of fuel. | |
| 11. | adv. | By studying overseas, students can come into contact with other manners and customs. | |
| 12. | adv. | Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese. | |
| 13. | adv. | Generally speaking, Japanese cars are popular overseas. | |
| 14. | adv. | That's why he did not go overseas to study. | |
| 15. | adv. | During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas. | |
| 16. | adj. | "Beijing may end up in a early 1990s Japan situation, where it is forced to sell recently purchased overseas assets for a fraction of what it paid for them." | |
| 17. | adj. | Would highly recommend to anyone requiring overseas gift delivery. | |
| 18. | adj. | What is the percentage of overseas markets for your products? | |
| 19. | adj. | Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness. | |
| 20. | adj. | Overseas subsidiaries are putting out top-of the-line products. | |
| 21. | adj. | Overseas service here. | |
| 22. | adj. | Give me overseas service, please. | |
| 23. | adj. | I'd like to make an overseas call. | |
| 24. | adj. | Recent overseas transfers show that productivity improvements in Japanese manufacturing industry have almost reached their limit. | |
| 25. | adj. | I heard that he was very experienced in overseas investments. | |
| 26. | adj. | The president was very serious about your overseas assignment. | |
| 27. | adj. | My career in the government includes many overseas assignments. | |
| 28. | adj. | Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton. | |
| 29. | adj. | His colleague was transferred to an overseas branch. | |
| 30. | adj. | His son-in-law was transferred to an overseas branch. |
| Sentence | |
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| adv. | |
| He lived overseas for many years. |
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| In Fall 2004, MSNBC, relying on an unnamed FBI spokesperson, reports that the FBI has narrowed the pool of labs known to have had Ames that was a match from 16 to 4 but cannot rule out that it was made overseas. |
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| Everybody seems to flee this country and move overseas, to Australia, etc. |
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| At the moment if you move overseas you can only come back to New Zealand for a short amount of time before they'll force you cough up. |
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| And all that time you're overseas you'll be racking up interest. |
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| Many young Japanese travel overseas these days. | |
| Shareholders were concerned about the company's swift expansion overseas. | |
| I haven't heard from my son who is overseas. | |
| The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year. | |
| The cost of flying overseas has risen with the cost of fuel. | |
| By studying overseas, students can come into contact with other manners and customs. | |
| Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese. | |
| Generally speaking, Japanese cars are popular overseas. | |
| That's why he did not go overseas to study. | |
| During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas. | |
| adj. | |
| "Beijing may end up in a early 1990s Japan situation, where it is forced to sell recently purchased overseas assets for a fraction of what it paid for them." |
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| Would highly recommend to anyone requiring overseas gift delivery. |
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| What is the percentage of overseas markets for your products? | |
| Overseas food exports are one of the mainstays of agribusiness. | |
| Overseas subsidiaries are putting out top-of the-line products. | |
| Overseas service here. | |
| Give me overseas service, please. | |
| I'd like to make an overseas call. | |
| Recent overseas transfers show that productivity improvements in Japanese manufacturing industry have almost reached their limit. | |
| I heard that he was very experienced in overseas investments. | |
| The president was very serious about your overseas assignment. | |
| My career in the government includes many overseas assignments. | |
| Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton. | |
| His colleague was transferred to an overseas branch. | |
| His son-in-law was transferred to an overseas branch. | |