adjective/adverb · academic
overseas
UK/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/US/ˌoʊvərˈsiːz/o·ver·SEAS
in or to a foreign country or countries; relating to foreign countries
Examples
“Universities actively recruit overseas students to diversify their campuses.”
“Overseas investment has increased in emerging markets over the past decade.”
“The company established an overseas subsidiary to manage its Asian operations.”
Band 8 sentence
“Academic collaborations with overseas institutions have significantly widened the project's comparative scope.”
Collocations
- overseas students
- overseas investment
- overseas markets
Word family
Common mistakes
She moved to overseas to study.→She moved overseas to study.
They have many overseas's partners.→They have many overseas partners.
Say it for a higher band
5abroad→6foreign→7+overseas
Synonyms
abroad
Easily confused
abroad
“Many researchers choose to study abroad to gain international experience.”
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