abroad

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈbrȯd 

1

: beyond the boundaries of one's country : in or to a foreign country

traveling abroad

hopes to study abroad next year

both at home and abroad

a family that came here from abroad [=from a foreign country] several years ago

2

: over a wide area : widely

wolves venturing abroad in increasing numbers

3

old-fashioned : away from one's home

doesn't go walking abroad at night

4

formal : in wide circulation : about

There are rumors abroad that the company is in trouble.

5

: wide of the mark : astray

Examples of abroad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For families supporting elderly relatives, raising young children, or looking for elective treatments abroad, the cost of private medical care can dramatically change how affordable a new place to call home is. —Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025

Oil money became a tool to purchase loyalty abroad while at home criminal and international terrorist groups fused themselves to the state. —Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

Griner has since co-founded a company to help educate travelers about the risks of bringing prescription medications abroad. —Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025

Unfolding in 1870s Oxford and adventuring abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abrod, abrood, from a- a- entry 1 + brod, brood broad entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for abroad

• applaud
• backboard
• ballade
• defraud
• ephod
• facade
• guffawed
• outlawed
• ramrod
• roughshod
• slipshod
• tripod

Kids Definition

abroad

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈbrȯd 

1

: over a wide area

2

: away from one's home

doesn't go abroad at night

3

: in or to foreign countries

travel abroad

4

formal : in wide circulation

rumors were abroad