abroad
English
/əˈbɹɔːd/, /əˈbɹɔd/
adv
Definitions
- Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
- (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
- (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
- Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
- (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English abrood (broadly widely scattered) prefix from English broad.
Origin
English
broad
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bradshaw English
- abroadness English
- breadth English
- broad English
- broadacre English
- broadaxe English
- broadband English
- broadbill English
- broadbrim English
- broadbrimmed English
- broadcast English
- broadcloth English
- broaden English
- broadhead English
- broadish English
- broadleaf English
- broadline English
- broadloom English
- broadly English
- broadminded English
- broadmouth English
- broadness English
- broadpiece English
- broadscale English
- broadseal English
- broadsheet English
- broadside English
- broadspread English
- broadspreading English
- broadsword English
- broadtail English
- broadway English
- broadwing English
- broadwise English
- overbroad English
- ultrabroad English
- abrood Middle English
- brood Middle English
- bradi Sranan Tongo
- broad
- breadth
- broaden
- broadly
- broadaxe
- broadish
- Bradshaw
- broadway
- broadwing
- broadbrim
- broadseal
- broadtail
- broadcast
- overbroad
- broadleaf
- broadness
- broadwise
- broadline
- broadbill
- broadhead
- broadside
- broadloom
- broadband
- broadacre
- broadcloth
- broadsheet
- broadpiece
- ultrabroad
- broadscale
- abroadness
- broadsword
- broadmouth
- broadspread
- broadminded
- broadbrimmed
- broadspreading