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

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

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Travel

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# 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

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