English

Etymology
Prefix a- + broad

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-abroad.ogg|Audio (US)

Adverb
en-adv

1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad

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#:*The fox roams far abroad - Prior

1. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad

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#:*I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad - Evelyn

1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad

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#:*Another prince ... was living abroad - Macaulay

1. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

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#:*He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. - Mark 1-45

Derived terms
To be abroad

1. To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess.
2. To be at a loss or nonplussed.

Synonyms
overseas

Translations
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trans-top|At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space
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Russian: �и�око (širokó), в�и�� (všir'), пов��д� (povs'údu), везде (b'ezd'é)
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trans-top|Without a certain confine; outside the house
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Russian: �на��жи (snarúži), на��ж� (narúžu), на �ли�е (na úlice)
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trans-top|Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries
Dutch: in het buitenland
German: im Ausland
Japanese: Jpan|海�� (Jpan|�����, kaigai ni)
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Russian: за г�ани�ей (za granícej) place, за г�ани�� (za granícu) direction
Norwegian:
*Bokmål: utenlands, i utlandet
*Nynorsk: utanlands, i utlandet
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ttbc|Esperanto: eksterlande
ttbc|French: à l'étranger
ttbc|Ido: exterlande
ttbc|Interlingua: Al estraniero
ttbc|Italian: all'estero
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ttbc|Portuguese: no estrangeiro, além-mar
ttbc|Romanian: in str�in�tate
ttbc|Spanish: al exterior, ultramar
ttbc|Swedish: utomlands
ttbc|Welsh: tramor
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• 2007-12-09 13:21 - Tohru - /* Translations */ ja ttbc

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