adverb
abroad
uh-BRAWD/əˈbrɔːd/
Away from one's home or home country.
The traveler goes abroad by crossing the international border.
Etymology
Literally “at wide,” abroad first conveyed being widely apart. That idea of distance developed into being away from home, then into the familiar sense of being outside one's own country.
In context
relocate the refugees elsewhere in Syria or abroad
More examples
- False reports soon spread abroad.
- Few people were abroad in the streets at dawn.
- They moved abroad after retirement.
Forms
abroad
Similar words
- overseas
- Abroad, especially across a sea, though used more broadly.
- internationally
- Across national borders rather than necessarily away from home.