adverb / adjective
overseas
In, to, or from a foreign country across the sea.
She travels overseas each summer to visit her grandparents.
Etymology
Overseas joins over with seas. The literal image of being across the water became a general way to describe foreign locations reached beyond one's own country.
More examples
- My brother lives overseas, but we talk every week.
- The company opens its first overseas office in Japan.
- Many of these spices come from overseas.