English[]
Etymology[]
From Middle English a- + broad
Pronunciation[]
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Adverb[]
Abroad (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
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- (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
- A tree spreads its branches abroad.
- The fox roams far abroad - Matthew Prior
- (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode
- to walk abroad
- I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad - John Evelyn
- Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- We have broils at home and enemies abroad.
- Another prince ... was living abroad - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
- He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. - Mark 1-45
Synonyms[]
- overseas
Derived terms[]
- be abroad
Translations[]
at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
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without a certain confine; outside the house
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beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries
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Noun[]
Template:Rft Abroad
- (neologism) countries or lands abroad
Translations[]
- Russian: зарубеж ru(ru) (zarubéž), зарубежье ru(ru) (zarubéžie), nominal derivations from za rubežóm
References[]
- "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl
Anagrams[]
- aabdor,
- aboard
- aborad
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