Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: oversea
IPA transcription: [,oʊvɚs'i]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: oversea, overseas
    Meaning: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose"
r 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.