ABROAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abroad mean? 

• ABROAD (adjective)
  The adjective ABROAD has 1 sense:

1. in a foreign country

  Familiarity information: ABROAD used as an adjective is very rare.

• ABROAD (adverb)
  The adverb ABROAD has 3 senses:

1. to or in a foreign country

2. far away from home or one's usual surroundings

3. in a place across an ocean

  Familiarity information: ABROAD used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABROAD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a foreign country

Synonyms:

abroad; overseas

Context example:

overseas markets

Similar:

foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))

• ABROAD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To or in a foreign country

Context example:

they had never travelled abroad

Sense 2

Meaning:

Far away from home or one's usual surroundings

Synonyms:

abroad; afield

Context example:

looking afield for new lands to conquer

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a place across an ocean

Synonyms:

abroad; overseas

 Context examples 

"Que pensez-vous?" she said, airing her French, which had improved in quantity, if not in quality, since she came abroad.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Yes, I know,” said Mr. Wickfield; “at home or abroad.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But there was life, abroad in the land and defiant.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This accident absolutely determined Glumdalclitch never to trust me abroad for the future out of her sight.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Indeed, it became evident to us as soon as we had taken our seats that a youthful and even boyish spirit was abroad in the gallery and the back portions of the hall.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They said Mr. Edward had brought her from abroad, and some believed she had been his mistress.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There was life abroad in it different from the life which had been there throughout the summer.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Of course, I did not mind you so much, as you are not connected with the official police, but it is not pleasant to have a family misfortune like this noised abroad.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He and I sometimes write letters in shorthand, and he is keeping a stenographic journal of his travels abroad.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I believe that no one abroad has seen it save the man who wrote it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)