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“Overseas” or “Oversees”

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

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

overseas OW·v·er·s·IY·z

  • adverbin a place across an ocean.

oversees OW·v·er·s·IY·z

  • verbwatch and direct.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“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

“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

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