What does oversea mean?
Oversea means (chiefly British) Alternative form of overseas..
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/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ · adjective
(chiefly British) 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.
Use oversea when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oversea means (chiefly British) Alternative form of overseas..
Common synonyms include overseas.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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