overseas
Overseas can be an adverb or an adjective.
used as an adverb
If you go overseas, you visit a foreign country which is separated from your own country by sea.
Roughly 4 million Americans travel overseas each year.
used as an adjective
Overseas is used in front of a noun to describe things relating to countries across the sea from your own country. Overseas has a similar meaning to ‘foreign’, but is more formal. You use it especially when talking about trade, finance, and travel.
We organize major programmes of overseas aid.
I met him on a recent overseas visit.
Be careful
Don't use ‘overseas’ after ‘be’ with this meaning. If you say that someone is overseas, you do not mean that they are foreign; you mean that they are visiting a foreign country.
Don't use ‘overseas’ after ‘be’ with this meaning. If you say that someone is overseas, you do not mean that they are foreign; you mean that they are visiting a foreign country.