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单词 abroad
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abroad

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈbrȯd How to pronounce abroad (audio)
1
: beyond the boundaries of one's country : in or to a foreign country
traveling abroad
hopes to study abroad next year
both at home and abroad
a family that came here from abroad [=from a foreign country] several years ago
2
: over a wide area : widely
wolves venturing abroad in increasing numbers
3
old-fashioned : away from one's home
doesn't go walking abroad at night
4
formal : in wide circulation : about
There are rumors abroad that the company is in trouble.
5
: wide of the mark : astray

Example Sentences

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English abrod, abrood, from a- a- entry 1 + brod, brood broad entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

abroad

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈbrȯd How to pronounce abroad (audio)
1
: over a wide area
The tree's branches are spread abroad.
2
: in the open : outdoors
Few people are abroad at this early hour.
3
: in or to a foreign country
travel abroad
4
: known to many people
The rumor soon got abroad.

abroad 1 of 2

adverb

1
as in everywhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • everywhere
  • afloat
  • hereabouts
  • everyplace
  • hereabout
  • all over
  • around
  • round
  • about
2
as in elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • elsewhere
  • afar
  • afield
  • astray
  • away
  • apart
  • off
  • aside
  • fro
  • down
  • hence
  • out

abroad

2 of 2

adjective

as in vacationing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • vacationing
  • departed
  • retired
  • away
  • out
  • gone
  • AWOL
  • truant
  • absent
  • missing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • here
  • in
  • present
  • participating
  • attending
  • accompanying
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