Synonyms:
oversea, overseas
Meaning: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
oversea, overseas
Meaning: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years"
Usage examples
Steam, which for oversea trade made its entrance cautiously in the shape of a mere auxiliary to sail power, had taken up a much more self-assertive position long before the close of the nineteenth century, and has driven its former ally almost out of the field in large departments of the shipping industry.