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abroad

[ uh-brawd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in or to a foreign country or countries:
famous at home and abroad.
Synonyms: overseas
Antonyms: at-home
in or to another continent:
Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer?
out of doors; from one place to another; about:
No one was abroad in the noonday heat. The owl ventures abroad at night.
Synonyms: outside, out
spread around; in circulation:
Rumors of disaster are abroad.
Synonyms: rife, everywhere
broadly; widely; far and wide.
wide of the mark; in error.

abroad

/ əˈbrɔːd /

Origin of abroad¹

First recorded in 1225–75, abroad is from the Middle English word abrod. See a- ¹, broad

Origin of abroad¹

C13: from a- ² + broad

I had been studying abroad in London, and came back to finish the semester at Tufts.

A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.

Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.

Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

Youssef said the jailings are not only driving the community underground but pushing many to move abroad.

Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.

While the fortress was undermining at home, they were not idle, who were preparing to storm it from abroad.

And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

Germany invests money abroad, but she seems to borrow as much, and more, in the discount markets of London and Paris.

In the town the European mode of living is entirely prevalent—more so than in any other place abroad that I have seen.

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