Advertisement
Advertisement
abroad
[ uh-brawd ]
adverb
- in or to a foreign country or countries:
famous at home and abroad.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- 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: ,
- spread around; in circulation:
Rumors of disaster are abroad.
Synonyms: ,
- broadly; widely; far and wide.
- wide of the mark; in error.
noun
- a foreign land or lands:
imports from abroad.
abroad
/ əˈɔː /
adverb
- to or in a foreign country or countries
adjective
- (of news, rumours, etc) in general circulation; current
- out in the open
- over a wide area
- archaic.in error
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of abroad1
Example Sentences
America’s elite universities are already deeply enmeshed with top schools abroad, from engineering partnerships with the Indian Institute of Technology to the Persian Gulf campuses of Georgetown, Texas A&M and NYU.
But he then travelled extensively abroad visiting more than 60 countries, and not always ones his aides wanted him to go to.
Vardy, who will turn 39 next January, wants to keep on playing and there will be no shortage of takers at home or abroad.
The best friend of a woman who died from methanol poisoning on holiday has called on the government to do more to educate teenagers in schools about the dangers of drinking alcohol abroad.
Labour has previously said it has "no plans" for such a scheme, which would would make it easier for young people to study and work abroad.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse