Abroad

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  • adverb & adjective. Out of one's own country.
  • adverb & adjective. In a foreign country or countries.
  • adverb & adjective. Away from one's home.
  • adverb & adjective. In circulation; at large.
  • adverb & adjective. Covering a large area; widely.
  • adverb & adjective. Not on target; in error.
  • noun. A foreign country or countries in which to live or travel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Broadly; widely; expansively; outward on all or on both sides.
  • Out of or beyond certain limits
  • Absent; gone away, especially to a considerable distance: as, the head of the firm is abroad. In an active state; astir; in circulation: as, there are thieves abroad; rumors of disaster are abroad.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
  • adverb. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
  • adverb. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  • adverb. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
  • adverb. To be at a loss or nonplused.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. Played elsewhere than one's home grounds; as in a sport's team.
  • preposition. Throughout, over.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. in a place across an ocean
  • adverb. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
  • adverb. to or in a foreign country
  • adjective. in a foreign country
  • Word Usage
    "There are more students from Germany studying abroad than any other European country and it wants half of its students to spend at least a term abroad, giving Germany one of the world's most mobile student populations."
    Equivalent
    foreign  
    Form
    be abroad  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Claud  Claude  Laud  Maud  Maude  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abashed  aberrant  absent  adrift  afield