a ‧ broad S2 W3 /əˈbrɔːd $ əˈbrɒːd/ BrE AmE adverb
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: abroad 'over a wide area' (13-21 centuries) , from broad ]
1 . in or to a foreign country:
I’ve never lived abroad before.
She often goes abroad on business.
We never travelled abroad when we were kids.
goods imported from abroad
The books about Harry Potter have been very popular, both at home and abroad.
2 . formal if a feeling, piece of news etc is abroad, a lot of people feel it or know about it:
commercial secrets which we did not want to be spread abroad