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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. in a foreign country;
- Example: "markets abroad"
- Example: "overseas markets"
[syn: abroad, overseas]


ADVERB (3)

1. to or in a foreign country;
- Example: "they had never travelled abroad"

2. far away from home or one's usual surroundings;
- Example: "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
[syn: afield, abroad]

3. in a place across an ocean;
[syn: overseas, abroad]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abroad \A*broad"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broad.] 1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. [1913 Webster] The fox roams far abroad. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. [1913 Webster] I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely. [1913 Webster] He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. --Mark i. 45. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abroad adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad" 2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: afield, abroad] 3: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, abroad] adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" [syn: abroad, overseas]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "abroad": abashed, aberrant, adrift, afield, alfresco, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, at large, at sea, away, away from home, awry, beside the mark, bewildered, beyond seas, bothered, broadly, clear, clueless, confused, corrupt, deceptive, defective, delusive, deviant, deviational, deviative, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, distantly and broadly, distorted, distracted, distraught, disturbed, embarrassed, en plein air, errant, erring, erroneous, everywhere, extensively, fallacious, false, far afield, far and near, far and wide, faultful, faulty, flawed, guessing, heretical, heterodox, illogical, illusory, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle, in a scrape, in a stew, in foreign parts, in the open, infinitely, lost, mazed, nonresident, not in residence, not right, not true, off, off the track, on all sides, on every side, on leave, on sabbatical leave, on the road, on tour, out, out of doors, outdoors, outside, oversea, overseas, peccant, perturbed, perverse, perverted, publicly, put-out, right and left, self-contradictory, straying, turned around, unfactual, unorthodox, unproved, untrue, upset, vastly, wide, widely, without a clue, wrong