abroad

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   to or in a foreign country

   they had never travelled abroad

2. 2
   adj

   in a foreign country

   markets abroad

3. 3
   adv

   Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

   A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.

4. 4
   adv

   At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.

   A tree spreads its branches abroad.

5. 5
   adv

   Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.

   I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad.

6. 6
   adv

   Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.

   This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.

7. 7
   noun

   Countries or lands abroad.

   I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.

8. 8
   adj

   International.

   [...] much shorter than an abroad trip at eight nights although the average spending per person night is only slightly less on a US trip than an abroad trip, $37 compared with $41. Around half of Canadian trips to other countries are to Europe.

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.