abroad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abroad	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abroad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abroad adv to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad" far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall Synonym(s): afield, abroad in a place across an ocean Synonym(s): overseas, abroad adj in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" Synonym(s): abroad, overseas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abroad \Abroad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.] 1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. --Prior. 2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. --Evelyn. 3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. [bd]Another prince . . . was living abroad.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely. He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad* the matter. --Mark i. 45. {To be abroad}. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.