abroada‧broad /əˈbrɔːd $ əˈbrɒːd/ ●●● S2 W3 adverb 
I’ve never lived abroad before. She often goes abroad on business. We never travelled abroad when we were kids. A lot of goods are imported from abroad. The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad.2formal if a feeling, piece of news etc is abroad, a lot of people feel it or know about it: There were rumours abroad that she was planning to resign.GRAMMAR: Comparisonabroad• You go abroad or study abroad.Don’t use a preposition before abroad. ✗Don’t say: go to abroad | study in abroada foreign country• You go to a foreign country or study in a foreign country.Grammar guide ‒ ADVERBS
WORD ORIGINabroad
Origin:
1500-1600 abroad ‘over a wide area’ (13-21 centuries), from broadEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Corporations do not want their commercial secrets spread abroad.
- Katya will make her first trip abroad next month.
- Mr Harris is abroad on business this week.
- Our daughter wants to study abroad for a year.
- You may have to pay taxes, even if you are living and working abroad.
- At the base library he found a catalogue listing the names of colleges abroad.
- Everyone has to meet global competition from those abroad who do have lower wages.
- For instance, an extra demand at home or abroad for goods made either cheaper or better by electronics will add to employment.
- He's off abroad or swigging sherry in some London drawing-room.
- He considers such maneuverings a ridiculous way to run a government and still potentially hazardous to the credit markets here and abroad.
- In addition Norman's capacity for enjoyment made him an excellent companion on their trips abroad.
- Kim has managed to exploit the barrage of pressure from abroad to force through changes.
Longman Language Activatorin or to a different country
in or to a foreign country: · Katya will make her first trip abroad next month.live/work/study etc abroad: · Our daughter wants to study abroad for a year.be abroad: · Mr Harris is abroad on business this week.
in or to a foreign country, especially one that is a long distance from your own: · Much of the wood harvested in the northwest is shipped overseas.go/work/travel etc overseas: · Douglas often travelled overseas when he was in the army.
to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country: · The couple emigrated in 1987 and are back here on holiday to see friends and relatives.emigrate from/to: · My grandparents emigrated from Italy.· Our son and his wife, Jenny, emigrated to Australia in 1988.
not from your own country not from your own country or not connected with your own country: · Can you speak a foreign language?· Some of the hotels accept foreign currency.· efforts to increase foreign investment
especially British from or connected with a foreign country, especially one that is a long way away: · The university has a large number of overseas students.· There has been an increase in overseas trade during the last year.
from another country or from other countries: · There's a shortage of medical staff, so a lot of the doctors here are from abroad.· She seemed to receive a lot of mail from abroad.· Listening to radio broadcasts from abroad is still a criminal offense in this country.
to travel to another country to travel to another country, especially for pleasure and interest: · Here's a list of things to think about before you go abroad.· I'm the only person I know who's never been abroad or even on a plane.be abroad: · When their mother died she was unable to contact her brother because he was abroad somewhere.
to travel to another country in order to stay there for a long time, for example because you have been sent to work there: · I wrote a letter to the interviewer, explaining that I was going overseas for six months.· The soldiers underwent training for three months before the unit went overseas.
to travel to another country for a short time, especially because you want to find out what it is like: · He was the first traveller from the British Isles to visit Abyssinia.· Thousands of Americans visit Thailand each year.
British to travel to another country that is a long way away: · He went out to West Africa in 1962 and has been there ever since.· The Chief Financial Officer went out to Korea to oversee the merger.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I’ve never lived abroad before. She often goes abroad on business. We never travelled abroad when we were kids. A lot of goods are imported from abroad. The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1in or to a foreign country: I’ve never lived abroad before. She often goes abroad on business. We never travelled abroad when we were kids. A lot of goods are imported from abroad. The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad. (=a holiday in a country other than the one you live in)· They were planning a holiday abroad that year.
· Only the affluent could afford to take vacations or to travel abroad.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· He decided that he had no alternative but to flee abroad.· More than a million fled abroad, often at their peril.· Some of his companions died with him, a few fled abroad, but most took refuge in Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.· Over 140,000 refugees had fled abroad.· John and other members of the family fled abroad, some to Virginia, others to the Continent.· His military adviser, Kleandridas, fled abroad, and was condemned to death in his absence.· Achym fled abroad to avoid the consequences of his crime.· Harry Dubar, who resigned and fled abroad in late June.
· We were just about to go abroad when our usual nanny was taken ill and was advised not to travel.· If he went abroad she wouldn't even encounter him accidentally.· The middle class either colluded or went abroad in disgust.· What's more San Antonio is our biggest resort in terms of numbers of 18-30s who go abroad with us.· You only had to go abroad to see how we were regarded.· One of them goes abroad all the time and she comes back with some great stories!· Stuart's father had gone abroad, eventually they'd lost touch.· During the Napoleonic Wars, when people couldn't go abroad, they became more preoccupied with architectural styles.
· Maybe the mothers were fearful that their daughters would marry and live abroad, the idea of permanent separation being too painful.· Legalization also appears to have strengthened relationships between amnesty recipients and their relatives living abroad.· About 260,000 people living abroad were eligible.· Most companies today provide cross-cultural training only if an employee will be living abroad as part of an assignment.· Breaks my heart to part with them but I am going to live abroad and can not take them with me.· It's bad enough for me, imagine living abroad.· She is an invalid, and children are living abroad.· In 1979, it was estimated that some 24.8% of all qualified doctors were living abroad.
· When you move abroad you face a raft of financial decisions, including which type of bank account to open.· Removals An employee moving abroad is obviously concerned about the safe handling of personal possessions.
· It should be noted that the majority of employees posted abroad are men although the number of women executive expatriates is increasing.· The Centre for International Briefing runs residential courses for those due to be posted abroad.
· Some of the more developed countries make lots of arms to sell abroad.· Very expensive, it sells abroad for enormous prices.· They had them sub-titled in order to be sold abroad for possible profit.· This year they expect a turnover of £170 m, and More than half their shoes are sold abroad.
· The only occasion when you won't get far without it is when the deceased is being sent abroad.· Instead, this money is being sent abroad to create jobs in nations that use low-cost labor.· This picture was sent abroad to markets and meeting places.· Troubles abroad sent the Dow plunging 554 points Monday, its worst point drop ever.· Take, for example, an executive who is sent abroad on a two or three year contract.· He also wanted to know how many of the precious doses were available to be sent abroad.· Many art exhibitions and cultural events were sent abroad.· There is general disbelief that a young girl sent abroad would be a murderer.
· I never paint landscapes and I rarely travel abroad.· He needed to invent a reason to travel abroad because a Marine has two years in the reserve after active duty.· Some knowledge of the West was encouraged and a few individuals travelled abroad.· Those of us who travel abroad know that he is right.· Many hadn't travelled abroad before.· It was the young people often who travelled abroad.· Earlier it had said that Mr Sharif had requested permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
· By then he was unofficially resident and working abroad, and in uneasy relations with the Soviet authorities.· He wanted to work abroad like Lockhart; he truly admired him.· There are up to 360 incinerators working abroad and Britain also has a few systems.· The problem is that foreign scouts snap up the talented ones to work abroad.· People who live and work abroad are often mobile.· These modules will be suitable for students employed within the travel and tourism industry, especially if they intend working abroad.· Special arrangements may apply for customers living and working abroad.· Even now many families on Cape Verde depend for their existence on money sent back from relations working abroad.
I’ve never lived abroad before. She often goes abroad on business. We never travelled abroad when we were kids. A lot of goods are imported from abroad. The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad.2formal if a feeling, piece of news etc is abroad, a lot of people feel it or know about it: There were rumours abroad that she was planning to resign.GRAMMAR: Comparisonabroad• You go abroad or study abroad.Don’t use a preposition before abroad. ✗Don’t say: go to abroad | study in abroada foreign country• You go to a foreign country or study in a foreign country.Grammar guide ‒ ADVERBS