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“Overseas” or “Oversees”

Overview

overseas / oversees are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

overseas: (adverb) in a place across an ocean.

oversees: (verb) watch and direct.

Pronunciation

overseas: OW·v·er·s·IY·z

oversees: OW·v·er·s·IY·z

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Examples in Context

Examples of “overseas”

  • to Arthur Samuel, Secretary for Overseas Trade.
  • French government's policy of decentralisation, overseas departments have elected regional councils
  • to fight the Cold War overseas and confront the Soviet Union
  • School ("TOPGUN"), and made two overseas deployments to Japan, Korea, and
  • "metropolitan France", generally excluding its overseas departments) or to a specific
  • are now to be called overseas regions.)
  • Natural Resources, Housing and Works, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development,
  • that many Australian embassies and overseas missions also house small facilities
  • 2007, he had a spell overseas with Mahindra United of the
  • territory, France also consists of overseas departments made up of its

Examples of “oversees”

  • he served as coordinator of oversees missionary work of the Episcopal
  • Salisbury Township School Board also oversees the Arts Academy Charter School.
  • Online producer, oversees the making of content for
  • Radio producer, oversees the making of a radio
  • The PIS oversees the activities of the Postal
  • same organization, International Academic Competitions, oversees the International and National (i.e.
  • board's tenth member, and who oversees the day-to-day activities of the
  • term of four years and oversees a different part of county
  • and Public Program Panel, which oversees the Barangaroo Public Art and
  • The Pennsylvania Department of Education oversees four appropriations used to fund


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions drawn from WordNet.)


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