abroad

abroad (əˈbrɔːd)

—*adv*
1.	to or in a foreign country or countries

—*adj*
2.	(of news, rumours, etc) in general circulation; current
3.	out in the open
4.	over a wide area
5.	archaic in error

[C13: from a-² + broad]

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abroad

mid-13c., "widely apart," from O.E. on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see broad). The sense "out of doors, away from home" (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of "out of one's country, overseas" (mid-15c.).

Example sentences

We had about thirty staff foreign correspondents in about twenty bureaus and

additional contract writers abroad.

Movers from abroad: people coming into a nation from another country or part of

the world.

The country regards itself as an export powerhouse whose goods are prized

abroad.

For those who can't afford to go abroad soon we'll be able to get access to our

information in our homes.

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Matching Quote

"We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish people when we get home. We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off. All our passengers are paying strict attention to this thing, with the end in view which I have mentioned. The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes abroad."

-Mark Twain

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