abroad
adverb or adjective
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
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The huge difference is, interviews abroad are really focused on me, not my personal life.
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Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
From celebs like Kris Kardashian to the increase in using plastic surgery brokers to find a doctor abroad, facelifts were everywhere in 2025.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Losing the protection of Black elite society that her parents had afforded her, and witnessing the contradiction between America’s actions abroad and at home, helped shape Moore’s lifelong advocacy for civil rights and for working-class concerns.
—Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
The partners implied as much to Mattel’s American contacts, warning wholesalers and distributors that Marx owned the Bild Lilli license and suggesting that this new hit doll was not the Handlers’ invention, but was stolen from abroad.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
From celebs like Kris Kardashian to the increase in using plastic surgery brokers to find a doctor abroad, facelifts were everywhere in 2025.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Losing the protection of Black elite society that her parents had afforded her, and witnessing the contradiction between America’s actions abroad and at home, helped shape Moore’s lifelong advocacy for civil rights and for working-class concerns.
—Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
The partners implied as much to Mattel’s American contacts, warning wholesalers and distributors that Marx owned the Bild Lilli license and suggesting that this new hit doll was not the Handlers’ invention, but was stolen from abroad.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abroad. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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abroad
adverb or adjective1
: 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
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