/əˈbrɔːd/
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Translation
In or to a foreign country, not your own.
Word origin
From Middle English abrood, meaning widely or over a wide area, from a (on) and brood (broad); later it came to mean out of your own country.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- abrood
- English cognates
- broad
Examples
Spain.
"Abroad" means in a different country from your own.
.
You go abroad; you never say go to abroad.
.
No "in" or "to" is needed before "abroad".
Used in
Stories
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