abroad A2 Topic:Travel US /əˈbɹɔd/ UK /əˈbɹɔːd/ See IPA manual Freq #4164 Meanings 1 adv in or to a foreign country They had never travelled abroad before this trip. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in or to a foreign country overseas Word family Derived forms abroadness Etymology AI details First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad. abrood Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Travel External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # abroad **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /əˈbɹɔd/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈbɹɔːd/ **Frequency rank:** 4164 ## Meanings 1. in or to a foreign country ## Examples - They had never travelled abroad before this trip. ## Derived Forms - abroadness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: abrood ## Etymology First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad. ## AI Etymology Abroad is first attested in mid 13th century. Morphologically, it is From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) plus brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- plus broad. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adverb, abroad denotes in or to a foreign country. The same word family continues in derived forms such as abroadness. ## Topics - Travel markdown