What does abroad mean?
Definitions for abroad
əˈbrɔdabroad
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Princeton's WordNet
abroad, overseasadverb
in a foreign country
"markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
abroadadverb
to or in a foreign country
"they had never travelled abroad"
afield, abroadadverb
far away from home or one's usual surroundings
"looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
overseas, abroadadverb
in a place across an ocean
Wiktionary
abroadnoun
countries or lands abroad
abroadadverb
At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
A tree spreads its branches abroad.
abroadadverb
Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode
to walk abroad
abroadadverb
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
We have broils at home and enemies abroad.
abroadadverb
Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
abroadadverb
Not on target; astray; in error.
abroadadverb
Played elsewhere than one's home grounds; as in a sport's team.
abroadpreposition
Throughout, over.
Etymology: * First attested in mid 13th century. From abrood, from a- + brood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Abroadadverb
Etymology: compounded of a and broad.
Intermit no watch
Against a wakeful foe, while I abroad,
Thro’ all the coasts of dark destruction seek
Deliverance. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 463.Again, the lonely fox roams far abroad,
On secret rapine bent, and midnight fraud;
Now haunts the cliff, now traverses the lawn,
And flies the hated neighbourhood of man. Matthew Prior.Welcome, Sir,
This cell’s my court; here have I few attendants,
And subjects none abroad. William Shakespeare, Tempest.Lady ———— walked a whole hour abroad, without dying after it; at least in the time I staid; though she seemed to be fainting, and had convulsive motions several times in her head. Alexander Pope, Letters.
They thought it better to be somewhat hardly yoked at home, than for ever abroad, and discredited. Richard Hooker, Pref.
Whosoever offers at verbal translation, shall have the misfortune of that young traveller, who lost his own language abroad, and brought home no other instead of it. John Denham.
What learn our youth abroad, but to refine
The homely vices of their native land? John Dryden, Span. Friar.He who sojourns in a foreign country, refers what he sees and hears abroad, to the state of things at home. Francis Atterbury, Serm.
Full in the midst of this infernal road,
An elm displays her dusky arms abroad. John Dryden, Virg. Æn. vi.Bodies politic, being subject, as much as natural, to dissolution, by divers means, there are undoubtedly more states overthrown through diseases bred within themselves, than through violence from abroad. Richard Hooker, Dedication.
Webster Dictionary
Abroadadverb
at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad
Abroadadverb
without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad
Abroadadverb
beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad
Abroadadverb
before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely
Etymology: [Pref. a- + broad.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Abroad
a-brawd′, adv. on the broad or open space: out of doors: public: in another country. [Prep. a, and Broad.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
abroad
Synonymous with foreign, or being on a foreign station. Also an old word for spread; as, all sail abroad.
Editors Contribution
abroad
In another country, than the country we reside in.
They do go abroad to another country to expore and have an amazing holiday together each year.
Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'abroad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2620
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'abroad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2947
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'abroad' in Adverbs Frequency: #211
Anagrams for abroad »
aboard
aborad
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abroad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abroad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of abroad in a Sentence
Certainly the political space and the space for freedoms was already very tight, and it's gotten much tighter over the last two years. So certainly the environment would provoke more Saudis to go abroad, but it's statistically insignificant.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab:
If Prime Minister Boris Johnson are on holiday abroad the time to come home is now while Prime Minister Boris Johnson still can, around the world, more airlines are suspending flights and more airports are closing, some without any notice.
His low-energy, vacant-eyed mouthing of the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don't believe fooled anyone at home or abroad.
This amendment is inadequate, as it does not cover non-immigrant temporary visas, like students, who also pose security risks, the CCP views every citizen as an instrument to serve the party, and they encourage and apply leverage against many of their citizens working and studying abroad to continue that theft. Passing legislation that would massively increase the number of Chinese national visa holders is a bad idea at this time.
The only thing you can do in the short term is relocate part of the production process abroad. Otherwise you have no chance and you don't get the orders.
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- الى الخارج, في الخارجArabic
- xaricdəAzerbaijani
- граница, чужбина, открито, извън къщи, навсякъде, странствоBulgarian
- a l'estrangerCatalan, Valencian
- v zahraničíCzech
- AuslandGerman
- eksterlandeEsperanto
- en el extranjero, en el exterior, en todas direciones, por todas partes, al exteriorSpanish
- در خارج از کشورPersian
- ulkomailla, laajalle, ulkomaille, laajalla, ulkona, ulkomaatFinnish
- étranger, à l'étrangerFrench
- a-null thairis, thall thairisScottish Gaelic
- ass y çheerManx
- विदेशHindi
- aletranjeHaitian Creole
- külföldönHungarian
- na ùfèsịIgbo
- all'esteroItalian
- 国外, 外国, 海外, 在外Japanese
- 해외, 국외Korean
- buitenlandDutch
- utenlands, utlandet, utanlandsNorwegian
- ultramar, amplamente, [[fora]] [[de]] [[casa]], além-mar, largamente, no, exterior, estrangeiro, aoPortuguese
- повсю́ду, вширь, снару́жи, широко́, [[за]] [[рубе́ж]], [[за]] [[рубеж, заграница, зарубежье, [[на]] [[улица, везде́, нару́жу, [[за]] [[границаRussian
- иностранство, inostranstvoSerbo-Croatian
- utomlands, utrikesSwedish
- வெளிநாட்டில்Tamil
- yurtdışıTurkish
- 國外Chinese
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