abroad
pronunciation
How to pronounce abroad in British English:
UK [əˈbrɔːd]
How to pronounce abroad in American English:
US [əˈbrɔːd]
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- Adjective:
- in a foreign country
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- Adverb:
- to or in a foreign country
- far away from home or one's usual surroundings
- in a place across an ocean
Word Origin
- abroad
- abroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earlier, it had been used for ‘out of doors’, a sense still current today, if with a rather archaic air; but originally it meant ‘widely’ or ‘about’ (as in ‘noise something abroad’). It was formed quite simply from a ‘on’ and the adjective broad, although it was probably modelled on the much earlier (Old English) phrase on brede, in which brede was a noun, meaning ‘breadth’.=> broad
- abroad (adv.)
- mid-13c., "widely apart," from Old English on brede, which meant something like "at wide" (see a- (1) + broad (adj.)). 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.).
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Example
- 1. Interchange fees are also under fire abroad .
- 2. Expanding abroad will not be easy .
- 3. Even chinese consumers are taking their money abroad .
- 4. In that scenario japan would have to borrow abroad .
- 5. Television producers will find new markets abroad .