abroad

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English a- +‎ broad

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[edit] Adverb

abroad (comparative more abroad, superlative most abroad)

Positive
abroad

Comparative
more abroad

Superlative
most abroad
  1. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
    A tree spreads its branches abroad.
  2. (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
  3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
    We have broils at home and enemies abroad.
  4. (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

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at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
without a certain confine; outside the house
beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries
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[edit] Noun

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abroad

  1. (neologism) countries or lands abroad

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  • "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

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