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overseas

overseas: listen to British English pronunciationoverseas: listen to American pronunciation /ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/ adjective [always before noun]

Definition

in, to, or from another country:
an overseas student
overseas adverb
to live/work overseas
(Definition of overseas adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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