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abroad definition

abroad (ə brôd′)

adverb

  1. broadly; far and wide
  2. in circulation; current a report is abroad that he has won
  3. outside one's house; outdoors to stroll abroad
    1. outside one's own country; to or in foreign countries
    2. ☆ to or in Europe
  5. wide of the mark; in error

Etymology: ME abrode < on brod: see on & broad

abroad Idioms

from abroad

from a foreign land or lands

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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