abroad

== English == === Alternative forms === abrode (obsolete) overbroad (obsolete) abread, abreed, abrede, abraid (Scotland) === Etymology === First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- +‎ broad. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɔːd/ (General American) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɔd/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈbɹɑd/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əbˈrɔɖ/ Rhymes: -ɔːd Hyphenation: a‧broad === Adverb === abroad (not comparable) (only postpositive) Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470] (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [from 1150–1350] (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [from 1150–1350)] (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [from late 15th c.] Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [from early 19th c.] (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === abroad (rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted: I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody. 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard: That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === abroad Throughout, over. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === abroad (not comparable) (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) International. === References === "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl === Anagrams === A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad