abroad
About 20.02 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- adverb At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
A tree spreads its branches abroad.
- adverb Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
- adverb Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
- adverb Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
- adverb Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
- noun Countries or lands abroad.
- preposition Throughout, over.
Similar words
foreign afield overseas beyond the sea over the sea foreigner outer outward externally offshore
Often followed by
and in to for as that by with is
Word family
from abroad
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