Hyphenation of oversea

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word oversea? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

over-sea

Definitions of oversea:

1.	Being or passing over or across the sea Some overseas trade in grain arose
2.	Beyond or across the sea He lived overseas for many years

Synonyms of oversea:

adj	overseas, sea
adv	overseas

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.