Abroad Definition

[adv] to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad"
[adv] in a place across an ocean
[adv] far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
[adj] in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"

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Synonyms

afield, beyond the sea, foreign, over the sea, overseas, overseas

Related Terms

abashed, aberrant, adrift, afield, alfresco, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, at large, at sea, away, away from home, awry, beside the mark, bewildered, beyond seas, bothered, broadly, clear, clueless, confused, corrupt, dec

Misc. Definitions

\A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.]
1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. --Prior.
2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. --Evelyn.
3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. ``Another prince . . . was living abroad.'' --Macaulay.
4. 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 i. 4
5. {To be abroad}. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.