First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
[...] as her father had an abroad trip, he had dropped her mother here. 2018 April 12, Beena Sunil, Thorns of Love, Notion Press, →ISBN:
He had contracted the disease during an abroad trip to draw up an agreement for the mass production of low-power engines. 2022 June 24, Alessandro Ferrari, Pietro Pizzo, Injection Technologies and Mixture Formation Strategies For Spark Ignition and Dual-Fuel Engines, SAE International, →ISBN, page 3:
[...] an abroad trip was going to raise some heat in the town, amongst our relatives. My family has always been the pioneers of middle-classism. My mother has still never owned a diamond. 2018 January 25, Shalini & Brajesh, My Traditional Dil-E-Maa, Notion Press, →ISBN:
Sreeja argued with Lalit to reduce his abroad trip and Lalit did listen to her. [...] Sreeja started to feel lonely even when Lalit was around. At certain point Lalit couldn't take it anymore and left for months to an abroad trip. 2022 February 19, Deepika Kathiresan, Yuva Janani, Felicible Paradise, Unvoiced Heart, page 31:
[...] 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. 1991, Alan Jefferson, Leonard John Lickorish, Marketing Tourism: A Practical Guide:
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
Meanings
(postpositional) Throughout, over.
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abrede
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abread
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abrode
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abreed
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abraid
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overbroad
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Translations (6)
arz برا (throughout) · fi pitkin (throughout) · nl alover (throughout) · ta எங்கும் (throughout) · ar فِي اَلْخَارِج (throughout) · nl over de ganse lijn (throughout)
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
Meanings
(not-comparable, postpositional) 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. 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:
Another prince, deposed by the Revolution, was living abroad. 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume 3:
(dated, not-comparable, postpositional) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
"Faither!" I cried as I undid the bolt and pushed the leaves of the door abroad, "Faither, ye are welcome hame!" 1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, The Men of the Moss-hags, page 28:
A tree spreads its branches abroad.
(dated, not-comparable, postpositional) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
She spoke to Strickland in a language of her own, and whenever in her walks abroad she saw things calculated to destroy the peace of Her Majesty the Queen Empress, she returned to her master and gave him information. 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Return of Imray:
Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping? 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 1, in The House Behind the Cedars:
But the time was soon over, and before he realized it Tarzan found himself abroad again. Several times De Coude had called, and when he found that Tarzan was anxious for employment of some nature he promised to see what could be done to find a berth for him. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 83:
I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. p. 1650, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, Diary, Frederic Warne and Company, published 1818, entry for 1650 July 7, page 207:
There were very few people abroad and the two men standing quietly under a tree on the opposite side of the boulevard looked out of place. 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 6, in Casino Royale, page 34:
Again: The lonely fox roams far abroad, / On ſecret rapine bent and midnight fraud; […] 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions:
(dated, not-comparable, postpositional) 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. 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
But he went out, and beganne to publish it much, and to blase abroad the matter: insomuch that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 1:45:
(not-comparable, postpositional) Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
(not-comparable, postpositional) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
nl verward (astray) · nl op verplaatsing (played elsewhere) · fa خارج از کشور (in foreign countries) · el στο εξωτερικό (in foreign countries) · ja 国外に (in foreign countries) · is í utlöndum (in foreign countries) · sv utrikes (in foreign countries) · tr dışarı (in foreign countries) · is erlendis (in foreign countries) · ru за кордо́ном (in foreign countries) · lv visur (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · ru за рубе́ж (in foreign countries) · az xaricdə (in foreign countries) · ka საზღვარგარეთ (in foreign countries) · ta விரித்து (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · pt no estrangeiro (in foreign countries) · hi विदेश में (in foreign countries) · fr dans toutes les directions (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · fi laajalle (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · es en el extranjero (in foreign countries) · it all'estero (in foreign countries) · bg в странство (in foreign countries) · es a extranjis (in foreign countries) · gd thall thairis (in foreign countries) · ja 海外に (in foreign countries) · eo eksterlande (in foreign countries) · ru вширь (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · da udenlands (in foreign countries) · nl wijd uiteen (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · nl naar alle kanten (without a certain confine; outside the house) · he חוּ״ל (in foreign countries) · uk за кордо́ном (in foreign countries) · ru за рубежо́м (in foreign countries) · ga thar lear (in foreign countries) · ko 해외 (in foreign countries) · hu külföldön (in foreign countries) · nl buitenshuis (without a certain confine; outside the house) · hu külföldre (in foreign countries) · cmn 海外 (in foreign countries) · fr à l'extérieur (played elsewhere) · ru везде́ (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · lv ārpus (without a certain confine; outside the house) · ta வெளிநாடுகளில் (in foreign countries) · bg извън къщи (without a certain confine; outside the house) · nl de kluts kwijt (astray) · es en extranjis (in foreign countries) · es al extranjero (in foreign countries) · sh inozemstvo (in foreign countries) · cs v zahraničí (in foreign countries) · nl naar het buitenland (in foreign countries) · fi ulkomailla (in foreign countries) · zdj udjenini (in foreign countries) · fr dehors (without a certain confine; outside the house) · fi laajalla (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · ar اِلَى الْخَارِج (in foreign countries) · ru повсю́ду (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · ru на у́лице (without a certain confine; outside the house) · lv ārzemēs (in foreign countries) · nl in het buitenland (in foreign countries) · nl ver van elkaar (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · nl in het rond (without a certain confine; outside the house) · lv ārā (without a certain confine; outside the house) · cmn 國外 /国外 (in foreign countries) · no utanlands (in foreign countries) · fi vieras- (played elsewhere) · be за мяжу́ (in foreign countries) · no utenlands (in foreign countries) · mt msiefer (in foreign countries) · pl za granicę (in foreign countries) · ht aletranje (in foreign countries) · pt no exterior (in foreign countries) · fr à l'étranger (in foreign countries) · pt amplamente (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · pt no além-mar (in foreign countries) · ota طیشاری (without a certain confine; outside the house) · ru за грани́цей (in foreign countries) · lv plaši (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · fr de tous côtés (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · es al exterior (without a certain confine; outside the house) · pt ao exterior (in foreign countries) · ru нару́жу (without a certain confine; outside the house) · ru за грани́цу (in foreign countries) · no i utlandet (in foreign countries) · ru широко́ (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · bg на открито (without a certain confine; outside the house) · ota طیشاری (in foreign countries) · ru снару́жи (without a certain confine; outside the house) · ru на у́лицу (without a certain confine; outside the house) · no i utlandet (in foreign countries) · fi ulkomaille (in foreign countries) · ang ūtanlandes (in foreign countries) · pl za granicą (in foreign countries) · pt ao além-mar (in foreign countries) · ga thar sáile (in foreign countries) · lv uz ārzemēm (in foreign countries) · gd a-null thairis (in foreign countries) · ar فِي الْخَارِج (in foreign countries) · fi ulkona (without a certain confine; outside the house) · sh inostranstvo (in foreign countries) · es en el exterior (in foreign countries) · pt largamente (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · nrf à l'êtrangi (in foreign countries) · pt ao ultramar (in foreign countries) · bg навсякъде (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · ca a l'estranger (in foreign countries) · ru на чужби́не (in foreign countries) · be за мяжо́й (in foreign countries) · de im Ausland (in foreign countries) · es en todas direcciones (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · pt fora de casa (without a certain confine; outside the house) · fi eksyksissä (astray) · sv utomlands (in foreign countries) · ka უცხოეთში (in foreign countries) · sh иностранство (in foreign countries) · ko 국외 (in foreign countries) · arz بره (in foreign countries) · gd an cèin (in foreign countries) · uk за кордо́н (in foreign countries) · nl uit- (played elsewhere) · cs do zahraničí (in foreign countries) · gv ass y cheer (in foreign countries) · pt ao estrangeiro (in foreign countries) · grc ἔκδημος (in foreign countries) · pt no ultramar (in foreign countries) · de ins Ausland (in foreign countries) · bg в чужбина (in foreign countries) · ig na ùfèsị (in foreign countries) · ta வெளிநாட்டில் (in foreign countries) · es por todas partes (at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space) · bg зад граница (in foreign countries) · ta சுற்றும் (without a certain confine; outside the house)
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
Meanings
(Scotland, postpositional, rare) Countries or lands abroad.
I am not, however, a xenophobe: obviously, abroad has some good ideas—arranged marriages, violent revolutions and so on. c. 1991, New Statesman & Society, volumes 3–4, page 180:
That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy. 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard
I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody. 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted
de Ausland (countries or lands abroad) · ja 海外 (countries or lands abroad) · ja 在外 (countries or lands abroad) · el αλλοδαπή (countries or lands abroad) · he חוּץ לָאָרֶץ (countries or lands abroad) · da udland (countries or lands abroad) · fr l'étranger (countries or lands abroad) · ru зарубе́жье (countries or lands abroad) · hu külföld (countries or lands abroad) · ru заграни́ца (countries or lands abroad) · hi विदेश (countries or lands abroad) · he חו״ל (countries or lands abroad) · bg чужбина (countries or lands abroad) · cmn 國外 /国外 (countries or lands abroad) · es extranjis (countries or lands abroad) · pt ultramar (countries or lands abroad) · fi ulkomaat (countries or lands abroad) · lv ārzemes (countries or lands abroad) · ja 外国 (countries or lands abroad) · eu atzerri (countries or lands abroad) · ca estranger (countries or lands abroad) · ka საზღვარგარეთი (countries or lands abroad) · cmn 海外 (countries or lands abroad) · pt exterior (countries or lands abroad) · nl buitenland (countries or lands abroad) · tr yurtdışı (countries or lands abroad) · pt além-mar (countries or lands abroad) · es el extranjero (countries or lands abroad) · pl zagranica (countries or lands abroad) · uk закордо́н (countries or lands abroad) · ta வெளிநாடுகள் (countries or lands abroad) · el εξωτερικό (countries or lands abroad) · ta வெளிநாடு (countries or lands abroad) · ka უცხოეთი (countries or lands abroad)