abroad

Meanings

Adverb

• Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
• At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
• Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
• Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
• Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
• Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

Noun

• Countries or lands abroad.

Origin

• First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood ("broadly widely scattered"), from a- + brood. Equivalent to a- + broad.