oversea
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oversea
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ UK
- [ˌəʊ̯.vəˈsiː] UK
- /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/ Canada, US
- [ˌoʊ̯.vɚˈsi] Canada, US
- /ˌɐʉ.vəˈsiː/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ˌɐʉ̯.vɐˈsiː] Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like oversee · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
adjective
- Alternative form of overseas.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.
adverb
- Alternative form of overseas.overseas
