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   abroad

   /əˈbrɔːd/

   adverb

   • 1. in or to a foreign country or countries: "we usually go abroad for a week in May" Similar overseasout of the countryto/in foreign partsto/in a foreign country/landover the seabeyond the seas
   • 2. in different directions; over a wide area: "millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad" Similar widelyfar and wideeverywherehere, there, and everywherein all directionsaboutaroundforthpubliclyextensivelyinformal:every which way
   • ▪ (of a feeling or rumour) widely current: "there is a new buccaneering spirit abroad" Similar at largecurrentin circulationcirculatingin the airaboutafootaroundastir
   • ▪ freely moving about: "hospital inmates abroad on the streets of the town"
   • 3. out of doors: archaic "few people ventured abroad from their warm houses"
   • 4. wide of the mark; in error. archaic

   noun

   • 1. foreign countries considered collectively: "servicemen returning from abroad"

   Word Origin Middle English: from a-2 ‘on’ + broad.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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