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abroad

//əˈbɹɔːd//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Preposition

A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

Note for abroad

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Definitions

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

    • Another prince, deposed by the Revolution, was living abroad.

  2. 2.Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.

    • How long have you been abroad?
    • I decided to go abroad to study.
    • If I were rich, I would go abroad.

  3. 3.Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

    • How long have you been abroad?
    • I decided to go abroad to study.
    • If I were rich, I would go abroad.

Preposition

A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

  1. 1.Throughout, over.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3803

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century.

From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”).

Equivalent to a- + broad.

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