abroad Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite in a foreign country
overseas.
- markets abroad
- overseas markets
adverb to or in a foreign country
- they had never travelled abroad
adverb far away from home or one's usual surroundings
afield.
- looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
adverb in a place across an ocean
overseas.

Pref. a- + broad.

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
The fox roams far abroad. Prior.
Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." Macaulay.
Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter. Mark i. 45.